Puzzling Pizza

Witchy cats, jack-o'-lanterns, swirling snow, and ...deadly poker games?

Glowing Halloween lights amid the wintry snowfall add a touch of dark magic to the mountain town of Estes Park-a perfect time for Winifred and her corgi sidekick, Watson, to savor some cheesy pizza. The stakes are high at Rocky Mountain Pie's poker championship and tattoo charity event, and when one participant loses more than the jackpot, Fred is just in time to witness his ghastly demise.

With no time for bewitching books by a toasty fire in the Cozy Corgi Bookshop and Bakery's mystery room, Fred is on the case. And while neither ghouls nor murderers can stand in the way of dirty chais and Katie's savory pretzel buns, Fred and Watson will follow every crumb trail through a cobweb of poisonous secrets to unmask a killer.

(This culinary cozy mystery includes a recipe for hauntingly delicious caramelized onion, goat cheese, and sundried tomato pesto pretzel buns.)