Mystery at the Biltmore #3

Name: Mystery at the Biltmore #3
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781772783483
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A Recipe for Robbery

By Colleen Nelson

Series: Mystery at the Biltmore

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"Nelson's lively writing and expert pacing sustain just-right tension while adding... sprinklings of wisdom [to] flavour the text." -Kirkus Reviews With a 100% success rate, it is no wonder The LaRue Detective Agency has become the investigators to call at The Biltmore. But could the recipe... Read More

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"Nelson's lively writing and expert pacing sustain just-right tension while adding... sprinklings of wisdom [to] flavour the text." -Kirkus Reviews

With a 100% success rate, it is no wonder The LaRue Detective Agency has become the investigators to call at The Biltmore. But could the recipe robbery become Elodie's own recipe for disaster?

Biltmore resident, Chef Sebastian, plans to open a new pastry shop where he will unveil his mouthwatering masterpiece—the cruffin (part muffin, part croissant, entirely delicious). That is until all of Chef's recipes are stolen from his apartment. With a 100% success rate, it is no wonder The LaRue Detective Agency is hired to solve the recipe robbery. But when the mystery appears as layered as a French croissant, one may wonder: is a mystery this complicated worth risking a perfect reputation?

Full-colour illustrations by award-winning artist Peggy Collins are scattered throughout the story, bringing additional humour to the cast of quirky characters and enhancing the reading experience for new independent readers.

From the award-winning author of The Umbrella House, Colleen Nelson brings another New York apartment building to life in Mystery at the Biltmore #3: A Recipe for Robbery. Written with charm and wit, Mystery at the Biltmore is Only Murders in the Building meets Harriet the Spy.

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Mystery at the Biltmore #3

"Nelson's lively writing and expert pacing sustain just-right tension while adding... sprinklings of wisdom [to] flavour the text." -Kirkus Reviews With a 100% success rate, it is no wonder The LaRue Detective Agency has become the investigators to call at The Biltmore. But could the recipe robbery become Elodie's own recipe for disaster? Biltmore resident, Chef Sebastian, plans to open...

By Colleen Nelson

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781772783483

Publisher: Pajama Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 December 2025

Country: Canada

Imprint: Pajama Press

Illustration: Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Illustrated by Peggy Collins

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 136

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Colleen Nelson Series: Mystery at the Biltmore Young Adult Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

About the Author

An author and middle-school teacher, Colleen Nelson has lived in New York City and Japan. She currently lives in Winnipeg where she writes, teaches, and dreams up more mysteries for Elodie, Oscar, and Carnegie to solve. Her previous works include the critically acclaimed middle-grade novels The Umbrella House, a finalist for the TD Canada Literature Prize, and The Undercover Book List, winner of the Silver Birch Award. Peggy Collins is an award-winning children’s book author-illustrator with more than 35 titles to her name, including the Blue Spruce Award-winner, Harley the Hero; the ALA Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book, A Sky-Blue Bench; and her most recent work, Mystery at The Biltmore. She has also written and illustrated for animated apps teaching math, indigenous history, and education. Peggy lives in Napanee, Ontario, with her two children

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