Maddie Day pens the Country Store Mysteries and Cozy Capers Book Group Mysteries. As Agatha Award-winning author Edith Maxwell, she writes the Quaker Midwife Mysteries, the Local Foods Mysteries, and short crime fiction. Learn more about Edith and her books at her website, where you can find links to all her social media, and at the Wicked Authors and Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen blogs. Today Maddie/Edith shares with us a refreshing wine spritzer that’s a favorite of one of her sleuths.
In Batter Off Dead, number ten in the Country Store Mysteries, chef and protagonist Robbie Jordan enjoys a blueberry wine spritzer during the July heat. I included the recipe among the others at the back of the book, and I’m delighted to share it with your readers.
That said, we are in the depths of a cold New England winter, and I couldn’t find a trace of fresh mint to use, so I stuck a lime on the glass.
Ingredients (for one drink):
Fresh blueberries
3 mint leaves
1 teaspoon sugar
4 ounces chilled Pinot Grigio
Lime seltzer
Muddle a dozen blueberries and mint with the sugar at the bottom of a glass. Stir in wine, add ice, and top off with seltzer and a few more blueberries. Enjoy on the deck with a good book!
Readers: What’s your favorite refreshing summer drink? I’d love to send one commenter a signed copy of the new book. Please include your email address so I can contact you if you’re the winner.
A Country Store Mystery, Book 10
In South Lick, Indiana, fine foods and classic cookware can be found at Robbie Jordan’s Pans ’N Pancakes. Unfortunately, her country store also seems to stock up on murder.
In Batter Off Dead, Robbie and her new husband Abe O’Neill are enjoying a summer evening in the park with fellow townsfolk excited for some Friday night fireworks. In attendance are senior residents from Jupiter Springs Assisted Living including Roy Bird, father to South Lick’s very own Police Lieutenant Buck Bird. Despite his blindness, Roy is a member of his group home’s knitting circle, spending quality time with some lovely ladies.
But when the lightshow ends, one of the knitters who sat with Roy is found dead, a puncture wound in her neck. The poor woman’s death echoes that of Buck’s mother and Roy’s wife—an unsolved homicide. To help find the killer, Robbie’s going to have to untangle the knotty relationships deep in the victim’s past . . .
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8 comments:
Congratulations on your book release Edith. Love lemonade in the summer.
Thanks, Dru! Lemonade is so refreshing.
I love Rhubarb Ginger ale and it is a good way to use up an excess of rhubarb. You just stew as much rhubarb as you want , sweeten it as much as you want and strain. When you want your drink, add the syrup to ginger ale and enjoy.
I already have Batter Off Dead and will be sure to enjoy it.
Thanks, Chris!
Thanks for sharing your recipe. It sounds delicious. I love Harney and Sons blood orange iced tea and I love to add orange slices to add more flavor. Very refreshing. cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com
Ginger Lemonade is lovely. Light and refreshing.saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
Lemon Lime sparkling water is my favorite summer drink. The flavors are perfect for a hot day. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com
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