The grand reopening of the library was supposed to sweeten the launch of Nazari Catering, but the celebration ends in murder and a scandal that’s anything but sugar-coated. Once a New York marketing exec, now a small-town caterer, Jasmine Nazari is clever, determined, and still learning to keep her cool when the oven, and the gossip, get too hot.

With the help of Michael Brooks, a handsome former journalist turned podcaster, Jasmine whips up clues between recording episodes of their Dessert Review show, while Mango, her mischievous dog, has a nose for trouble.

Suspects are rising like dough: a rival with a tart tongue, and a city hall insider caught stirring up secrets with the victim. But the recipe for this crime hides a much darker ingredient.

As threats, break-ins, and a ransacked bakery pile up, Jasmine must sift through lies before the killer serves up another deadly surprise.