Robbie's Guacamole @MaddieDayAuthor #giveaway

MADDIE DAY here. I'm so excited for Scone Cold Dead  to release on April 1,  a month from now!

If you've read any of the Country Store Mysteries, you know that restaurant owner Robbie Jordan is a native of Santa Barbara, California. In the new book, the 13th in the series, Abe makes fajitas for dinner at home one night and Robbie whips up a batch of guacamole to go top the dish.

I always make my own guacamole at home, and it's super easy. I included the recipe in the book and wanted to share it with you all here. You'll never want to eat store-bought again!

I don't have copies yet of Scone Cold Dead to give away. Nacho Average Murder is #7 in the series, and it actually takes place in Santa Barbara. I'd love to send a signed copy to one commenter here today

Robbie’s Guacamole

Robbie makes a quintessential Cali-Mex topping to go with Abe’s fajitas.

Ingredients

Two ripe avocados, pitted

1 teaspoon fresh lime juice

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon ground cumin

2 tablespoons salsa

Hot sauce to taste

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Scoop out avocados into a medium bowl and mash with a fork. Mash in other ingredients. Correct seasonings and add hot sauce to your own taste.

Serve atop any Mexican food or as a dip with tortilla chips.

Readers: Would you rather buy a dip in a container or try to make it yourself? Also, who has been to Santa Barbara, and what did you think? I'll send one of you a copy of Nacho Average Murder.

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Deadly Crush is out and available wherever books are sold.

Next out will be Scone Cold Dead on - no fooling - April 1! This is the thirteenth Country Store Mystery.

My most recent releases are Murder at the Rusty Anchor,

 A Case for the Ladies,

And Deep Fried Death, #12 in the Country Store Mysteries.

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Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell) is a talented amateur chef and holds a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University. An Agatha Award-winning and bestselling author, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. She lives with her beau and sweet cat Martin north of Boston, where she’s currently working on her next mystery when she isn’t cooking up something delectable in the kitchen.