A Caterer's Guide to Crime: The Collected Short Stories

Caterer's Guide to Crime

by Jessica Thompson, Cara Firestone (Narrator)

Follow Violet and friends as she caters delicious events and runs into titillating crime! Recipes are woven into these culinary cozy mysteries and follow each story.

A Caterer's Guide to Crime

A Caterer’s Guide to Sand and Survival

A Caterer's Guide to Toffee and Tombstones

A Caterer’s Guide to Sleigh Bells and Suspects

A Caterer’s Guide to Leprechauns and Lies

A Caterer's Guide to Cats and Catastrophe

A Caterer's Guide to Fudge and Felonies

A Caterer’s Guide to Weddings and Warnings (exclusive to A Caterer's Guide to Crime)

A Caterer’s Guide to Fresh Starts and Foul Play

A Caterer’s Guide to Sneaking Around

A Caterer’s Guide to Halloween and Havoc

A Caterer’s Guide to Pregnancy and Poison (exclusive to A Caterer's Guide to Crime)

Audible Audio

Published June 9, 2025

About the author

Jessica Thompson is the author of the Amazon best-selling mystery novels “A Caterer’s Guide to Holidays and Homicide” and “A Caterer’s Guide to Love and Murder" which was a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Awards. She also curated and featured her own short stories in a family friendly anthology of campfire stories, "Beyond the Woods: A Supernatural Anthology." Active in her local writing community, she volunteers as the Assistant Communications Chair for the Storymakers Guild.

Jessica lives in the suburbs of Austin, Texas with her husband and two children. When not writing, she’s getting her boots dirty at her parents' nearby longhorn cattle ranch. Whether ranching, cooking, or gardening, she sees it all as plot-inspiring material for her next mystery.

Reviews

[Cherie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed spending time with Violet and secondary characters in this variety of short stories. Many involve holidays and Violet's important life events. The author did a good job of collecting and organizing them. I also loved the fact that each story had corresponding recipes included which really added to the fun.

[Jessica Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these stories, but I'm a bit biased

[J.R. Lancaster · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love that all my favorite short stories are in one place! I was so excited that slipped in a couple exclusive to the anthology as well!