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Welcome to Chicago's Coziest Cafe - the pastries are vegan, the coffee is strong, and the gosssip can be deadly! 

Charred

A Whipped and Sipped Mystery: Book 3

A Cozy Culinary Mystery Series set in a Vegan Cafe in Chicago

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Even a worldwide pandemic can’t keep a woman like Alene Baron down... nor from finding herself in the middle of a murder investigation. While she has to get creative to keep the Whipped and Sipped Café going during the COVID lockdown, that is nothing compared to figuring out the real story about a dead body found in a burnt-out building in her neighborhood. Red herring might not be vegan, but it does seem to be the order of the day.

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"Alene's a wonderful, credible character - flawed and nurturing at the same time. The narrative propels itself forward, while pausing just enough to give the characters context and nuance. What I liked best was the sort of ordinary chaos of fractured families and improvised relationships - how much depends on patience and good will, and a sort of faith that human beings can redeem themselves even with small acts and gestures. And how remarkable to find a sort of suburban neighborhood flourishing in the upper reaches of a condo!"

Esther Schor, author of Emma Lazarus and

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About G. P. Gottlieb

GP Gottlieb

The Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series


I earned music degrees and performed, taught, composed, or administered while writing stories, songs, and several unwieldy manuscripts. After recovering from breast cancer in 2015, I turned to writing in earnest, melding my two passions: nourishment for mind and body and recipe-laced murder mysteries.


As the host of New Books in Literature, a podcast channel on the New Books Network, I've interviewed over 280 authors. I lead the Sisters in Crime Chicagoland book group and also belong to SinC Colorado, SinC Wisconsin, Mystery Writers of America, the Authors Guild, and Blackbird Writers.


The first three Whipped and Sipped Mysteries (Battered, Smothered, and Charred) have been reissued by Anamcara Press, and #4, Pounded: A Whipped & Sipped Mystery, will be released in early 2027!

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