ALSO BY ELLIE ALEXANDER
THE SLOAN KRAUSE MYSTERIES
Death on Tap
The Pint of No Return
THE BAKESHOP MYSTERIES
Meet Your Baker
A Batter of Life and Death
On Thin Icing
Caught Bread Handed
Fudge and Jury
A Crime of Passion Fruit
Another One Bites the Crust
Till Death Do Us Tart
Live and Let Pie
A Cup of Holiday Fear
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ELLIE ALEXANDER is a Pacific Northwest native who spends ample time testing pastry recipes in her home kitchen or at one of the many famed coffeehouses nearby. When she’s not coated in flour, you’ll find her outside exploring hiking trails and trying to burn off calories consumed in the name of “research.” She is also the author of the Bakeshop Mysteries, which began with Meet Your Baker. Find her on Facebook to learn more!. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Also by Ellie Alexander
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously.
First published in the United States by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
BEYOND A REASONABLE STOUT. Copyright © 2019 by Kate Dyer-Seeley. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Alexander, Ellie, author.
Title: Beyond a reasonable stout / Ellie Alexander.
Description: First Edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2019. | Series: A Sloan Krause mystery
Identifiers: LCCN 2019018209 | ISBN 9781250205759 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250205766 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3601.L353755 B49 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019018209
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First Edition: October 2019