A Hot Cross Bun to Die For: A Small Town New Zealand Cozy Mystery (The Velvet Scone Mysteries Book 8)
By E. Hazard
Easter in Willowby should be sweet. Instead, someone has murder to hide.
Tamsin Blake is preparing for the Velvet Scone Café’s Buns and Brews Special when her egg supplier, Gareth “Gaz” Linton, fails to deliver his famous pastel free-range eggs. The delay becomes the least of her worries when Gaz is found murdered in his henhouse. He was struck with a cast-iron skillet, and chocolate wrappers were stuffed into his pockets.
Gaz was popular, but his recent business success had left resentment simmering in the community. Suspects include a rival egg producer furious about being cut out of deals, a frustrated chocolatier losing customers, a girlfriend tired of his wandering attention, and neighbors who hated his noisy rooster. Even whispers of rare-breed smuggling hint at deeper trouble.
When a smear of gourmet chicken feed links the crime to stolen secrets, Tamsin teams up with Inspector Crumpet the parrot and her loyal friends to hunt down a killer hiding among the Easter crowds.
A Hot Cross Bun to Die For is a delicious and twisty cozy mystery filled with autumn flavors, local rivalry, and small-town secrets.
Easter in Willowby should be sweet. Instead, someone has murder to hide.
Tamsin Blake is preparing for the Velvet Scone Café’s Buns and Brews Special when her egg supplier, Gareth “Gaz” Linton, fails to deliver his famous pastel free-range eggs. The delay becomes the least of her worries when Gaz is found murdered in his henhouse. He was struck with a cast-iron skillet, and chocolate wrappers were stuffed into his pockets.
Gaz was popular, but his recent business success had left resentment simmering in the community. Suspects include a rival egg producer furious about being cut out of deals, a frustrated chocolatier losing customers, a girlfriend tired of his wandering attention, and neighbors who hated his noisy rooster. Even whispers of rare-breed smuggling hint at deeper trouble.
When a smear of gourmet chicken feed links the crime to stolen secrets, Tamsin teams up with Inspector Crumpet the parrot and her loyal friends to hunt down a killer hiding among the Easter crowds.
A Hot Cross Bun to Die For is a delicious and twisty cozy mystery filled with autumn flavors, local rivalry, and small-town secrets.