A Costume Party. A Killer in Disguise. And One Guest Who Won’t Make It Home.
Former journalist turned bakery owner Sam Baker didn’t expect her weekend at a renovated mansion to start with a murder. Invited to historic Holloway House to help cater a costume party, she’s barely unpacked her macaroons when a wealthy guest drops dead—dressed as an old-time smuggler.
Thrown off by a familiar face that stirs something she thought she’d buried, Sam finds herself even more unsettled when the clues start piling up: a forged identity, a missing will, and whispers of a buried fortune tied to the house’s shadowy past. With sharp-tongued Hazel, gossip-loving librarian Lily, and her loyal dog Diggie on scent patrol, Sam follows a trail through hidden tunnels, fake names, and long-standing grudges.
Between glamorous widows with secrets and a charming guest who isn’t what he seems, someone’s getting desperate to keep the truth buried.
If Sam fails, she might be the next to vanish behind Holloway House’s velvet curtains.
A Costume Party. A Killer in Disguise. And One Guest Who Won’t Make It Home.
Former journalist turned bakery owner Sam Baker didn’t expect her weekend at a renovated mansion to start with a murder. Invited to historic Holloway House to help cater a costume party, she’s barely unpacked her macaroons when a wealthy guest drops dead—dressed as an old-time smuggler.
Thrown off by a familiar face that stirs something she thought she’d buried, Sam finds herself even more unsettled when the clues start piling up: a forged identity, a missing will, and whispers of a buried fortune tied to the house’s shadowy past. With sharp-tongued Hazel, gossip-loving librarian Lily, and her loyal dog Diggie on scent patrol, Sam follows a trail through hidden tunnels, fake names, and long-standing grudges.
Between glamorous widows with secrets and a charming guest who isn’t what he seems, someone’s getting desperate to keep the truth buried.
If Sam fails, she might be the next to vanish behind Holloway House’s velvet curtains.