Kari loves all the wonderful ways in which her father changes the stories every time he reads a book to her, until she discovers that Papa cannot read. By the author of Now Let Me Fly.

Papa's Stories

Johnson, Claire M.

Children's Books

Atheneum

Explains the basic rules of English grammar, discusses the structure of a sentence, and provides guidance on English composition

Handbook of Good English

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Pocket

After a marriage "out of her class" subjects WASP princess Jamie Ricklehouse to a painful education in the realities of life, she is galvanized into action by the passage of her father's business into the hands of his second wife

Tender Offer

Literature & Fiction

United States

In the Night Cafe

In the Night Cafe [paperback] Johnson, Claire M. [Nov 01, 1990] ...

Washington Square Press

Childrens Toys and Books

Scribner Paper Fiction

Experienced pastry chef Claire Johnson whips up an insiders look at San Francisco's cutthroat restaurant trade. Cranky Mary Ryan has sunk a lot of time and talent into the in-vogue American Fare, the town's hottest spot, while grieving over her broken marriage. At work very early one morning, she steps on a laundry bag stuffed with the dead body of one of her employees. The investigation soon exposes all the dirty secrets that the food business would like to keep secret: the philandering chefs, the silly whims of the dining public, the hiring and illegal aliens, and the subsistence-living pay scale. Events begin to spiral that, in time, take out the restaurant's celebrity chef and force Mary to use her unique skills to uncover a poisonous scheme. Hard-edged, filled richly with restaurant lore and murder galore, this is a mystery debut to savor.

Beat Until Stiff

UNKNO

How to Make to $20,000 a Year in Antiques and Collectibles Without Leaving Your Job

Arts & Photography

Scribner

Resolution is a modern retelling of the Jane Austen classic Persuasion. Instead of sailors, we have academics and instead of Bath, we have Carmel. Our story opens with Anne Elliot packing up the family home. Her father, a professor at the University of California, is book smart but a financial idiot. In an attempt to recoup his losses from a disastrous business investment, he rents out the family home to the Crofts, who happen to be the brother-in-law and sister of Derrick Wentworth, Anne's former love. They met while students at university and had an acrimonious parting the spring of her junior year. Now thirty-five, she's dated other men, but no one has made as deep dents in her heart as had Derrick Wentworth. We have the selfish father, the odious sister, and whining malcontented sister set against the backdrops of California cities of Berkeley and Carmel. There is commentary on academia, grief, love in the modern age, and marriage in the modern age, and stubborn young men who learn to regret their arrogance and the women who love them.

Resolution

Contemporary

Independently published

[MP3CD Audiobook format in vinyl case] [Read by Christine Williams] San Francisco pastry chef Mary Ryan is back teaching at her old alma mater, trying to straddle the worlds of both her original mentors and her contemporaries. To make matters worse, Homicide Detective O'Connor has enrolled as a student, claiming to be on disability from the San Francisco Police Department. In the middle of this turf war, Mary is confronted by the dean Robert Benson, who tells Mary she must either force Coolie Martin to leave the school or lose her job. Why would Coolie's father, a member of the Board of Directors, allow this? But when faculty and staff begin dying, Mary thinks that Coolie's forced exit might only be part of a larger, more sinister plot. Acting on a hint from O'Connor, Mary contacts the only person who can help her: her nemesis, Thom Woods. Will Mary and Thom uncover the truth before another chef bakes his last pie?

Roux Morgue (Mary Ryan (Audio))

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Blackstone Audiobooks

Experienced pastry chef Johnson whips up an insider look at San Francisco’s cut-throat restaurant trade. Cranky Mary Ryan has sunk a lot of time and talent into the in-vogue American Fare, the town’s hottest spot, while grieving over her broken marriage. At work very early one morning, she steps on a laundry bag stuffed with the dead body of one of her employees. The investigation soon exposes all the dirty secrets that the food business would like to keep secret: the philandering chefs, the silly whims of the dining public, the hiring of illegal aliens, and the subsistence-living pay scale. Events begin to spiral that in time take out the restaurant’s celebrity chef and force Mary to use her unique skills to uncover a poisonous scheme.... Beat Until Stiff gives a frank view of the cooking/restaurant scene and explores why food has become theater, with all the waiters, the busboys, the chefs, and the dining public on stage, each with their own parts to learn and perform. Dessert is the last word, the amen of a meal. And Mary Ryan always has to have the last word. Hard edged, filled richly with restaurant lore, sharply characterized, this is a debut to savor.

Beat Until Stiff: A Mary Ryan Mystery (Mary Ryan Series)

Poisoned Pen Press

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