A Crusty Alibi: A Small Town Bakery Cozy Cat Mystery (Eliza Crumbles Mysteries Book 4)
By Maisy Marple
The annual Great Maple Bake-Off should have been about sourdough and sweet success. Instead, it’s turned into a recipe for murder.
When renowned judge Daphne Millstone is found dead in her kitchen—killed with Eliza’s own rolling pin—the evidence seems half-baked. With her beloved bakery’s reputation on the line and whispers spreading through Maple Hollow like wild yeast, Eliza must sift through a town’s worth of secrets to find the real killer.
Aided by her shrewd tuxedo cat Whiskers and hindered by a handsome deputy who keeps telling her to stay out of trouble, Eliza kneads through a roster of suspects that includes a social media influencer with something to hide, a high-end pastry chef with a crumbling empire, and a young mother harboring decades-old family secrets.
But as she gets closer to the truth, Eliza discovers that some recipes are worth killing to keep. In a small town where success is built on stolen secrets and borrowed techniques, someone is willing to do anything to keep the past from rising to the surface.
Can Eliza prove her innocence before the killer strikes again? Or will she become the next victim in a baker’s dozen of deception?
Get ready to devour this deliciously twisted tale where family legacies, buried secrets, and the perfect sourdough starter create an irresistible recipe for murder.
The annual Great Maple Bake-Off should have been about sourdough and sweet success. Instead, it’s turned into a recipe for murder.
When renowned judge Daphne Millstone is found dead in her kitchen—killed with Eliza’s own rolling pin—the evidence seems half-baked. With her beloved bakery’s reputation on the line and whispers spreading through Maple Hollow like wild yeast, Eliza must sift through a town’s worth of secrets to find the real killer.
Aided by her shrewd tuxedo cat Whiskers and hindered by a handsome deputy who keeps telling her to stay out of trouble, Eliza kneads through a roster of suspects that includes a social media influencer with something to hide, a high-end pastry chef with a crumbling empire, and a young mother harboring decades-old family secrets.
But as she gets closer to the truth, Eliza discovers that some recipes are worth killing to keep. In a small town where success is built on stolen secrets and borrowed techniques, someone is willing to do anything to keep the past from rising to the surface.
Can Eliza prove her innocence before the killer strikes again? Or will she become the next victim in a baker’s dozen of deception?
Get ready to devour this deliciously twisted tale where family legacies, buried secrets, and the perfect sourdough starter create an irresistible recipe for murder.