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Fresh Pick | GHOST A LA MODE by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Fresh Pick / July 2, 2010

Granny Apples #1 September 2009 On Sale: September 1, 2009 312 pages ISBN: 0738713805 EAN: 9780738713809 Paperback $14.95 Add to Wish List Mystery Woman Sleuth, Mystery CozyBuy at Amazon.com Ghost A La Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian A new series debut from Odelia Grey mystery author Sue Ann Jaffarian Rotten to the core or the apple of his eye? Granny was famous for her award-winning apple pies-and notorious for murdering her husband Jacob at their homestead in Julian, California. The only trouble is, Granny was framed, then murdered. For more than one hundred years, Granny’s spirit has been searching for someone to help her see that justice is served—and she hits pay dirt when she pops in to a séance attended by her great-great-great-granddaughter, modern-day divorced mom Emma Whitecastle. Together, Emma and Granny Apples solve mysteries of the past—starting with Granny’s own unjust murder rap in the final days of the California Gold Rush. Along with a sprinkling of history, this spirited new mystery series features the amateur sleuth team of Emma Whitecastle and the spirit of her pie-baking great-great-great- grandmother, Granny Apples. Full of fun and lively ghostly suspense! Previous Picks

Interview with Sue Ann Jaffarian | Sharon’s Cozy Corner
Sharon's Cozy corner / January 15, 2010

Sharon’s Cozy CornerAll about the cozy mysteries: interviews, reviews, books I’ve always been a curvy-kind of girl, and proud of it! God blessed this Irish gal with an abundant figure, and I learned long ago to accept them for better or worse! So I was delighted to learn about Sue Ann Jaffarian’s mystery series which featured a big, beautiful amateur sleuth, Odelia Grey! Odelia is a paralegal from California, and seems to have a knack for stumbling into murder after murder. Confident, sassy and smart, Odelia is a charming lady that readers are sure to love and admire. Sue Ann has written four delightful mysteries involving Odelia (TOO BIG TO MISS, THE CURSE OF THE HOLY PAIL, THUGS AND KISSES and BOOBY TRAP,) with the fifth in the series, CORPSE ON THE COB, due out in February. She also has another series, The Ghost of Granny Apples, with the first book, GHOST ALA MODE debuting in September 2009, and another one on the way. And if Sue Ann wasn’t busy enough, she is working on a third series, with an adorable vampire couple as the main characters! This is one productive gal! So I was happy that she could spare…