Fatal Blend: A Tiny House Coffee Mystery Series with Dog
By Fiona Bramble, Maisy Marple
Something’s brewing in Willow Springs, and it isn’t just coffee…
When Lily Bennett finds the body of historian Derek Sullivan in the Willow Springs Historical Society archives, she never imagines she’ll be pulled into a decades-old conspiracy involving the town’s most prominent families. The historian was researching local businesses for the upcoming History Fair, but something in his findings was worth killing over.
As Lily serves up her specially created Heritage Blend coffee for the fair, she begins uncovering disturbing connections between a suspicious insurance claim from 1975, the town’s oldest hardware store, and a series of unsolved disappearances stretching back generations. With her loyal Australian Shepherd, Bean, at her side and her carpenter boyfriend Sam lending support, Lily sifts through layers of deception that have been carefully maintained for nearly fifty years.
When threatening notes appear and someone breaks into Lily’s tiny house, it becomes clear that the killer doesn’t want these grounds disturbed. Could it be Gerald Hoffman, the elderly hardware store owner protecting dark family secrets? Mayor Thompson, safeguarding her political dynasty? Or Robert Kane, a former employee with decades of resentment and a penchant for blackmail?
The closer Lily gets to the truth, the more dangerous her investigation becomes. In a town built on carefully preserved appearances, someone is willing to kill to keep the past buried. And if Lily isn’t careful, she might be the next one served a fatal blend.
FATAL BLEND is the fourth book in the popular Tiny House Coffee Mysteries series, where small-town charm meets murder with a side of perfectly brewed coffee.
Something’s brewing in Willow Springs, and it isn’t just coffee…
When Lily Bennett finds the body of historian Derek Sullivan in the Willow Springs Historical Society archives, she never imagines she’ll be pulled into a decades-old conspiracy involving the town’s most prominent families. The historian was researching local businesses for the upcoming History Fair, but something in his findings was worth killing over.
As Lily serves up her specially created Heritage Blend coffee for the fair, she begins uncovering disturbing connections between a suspicious insurance claim from 1975, the town’s oldest hardware store, and a series of unsolved disappearances stretching back generations. With her loyal Australian Shepherd, Bean, at her side and her carpenter boyfriend Sam lending support, Lily sifts through layers of deception that have been carefully maintained for nearly fifty years.
When threatening notes appear and someone breaks into Lily’s tiny house, it becomes clear that the killer doesn’t want these grounds disturbed. Could it be Gerald Hoffman, the elderly hardware store owner protecting dark family secrets? Mayor Thompson, safeguarding her political dynasty? Or Robert Kane, a former employee with decades of resentment and a penchant for blackmail?
The closer Lily gets to the truth, the more dangerous her investigation becomes. In a town built on carefully preserved appearances, someone is willing to kill to keep the past buried. And if Lily isn’t careful, she might be the next one served a fatal blend.
FATAL BLEND is the fourth book in the popular Tiny House Coffee Mysteries series, where small-town charm meets murder with a side of perfectly brewed coffee.