A Murder Most Tasty: A Cozy Culinary Mystery by Elianna Bloom

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Paperback. ISBN: 9798198127739

Fresh pastries. Small-town gossip. A suspicious corpse. And one extremely good dog.

A Murder Most Tasty by Elianna Bloom serves up a delicious blend of cozy mystery, culinary chaos, canine companionship, and slow-burn sapphic romance in the charmingly chaotic town of Willow Falls, Vermont.

After a painful divorce leaves her life in crumbs, baker Maya Hartley heads to Willow Falls determined to begin again. Armed with family recipes, a dream of opening a dog-friendly bakery, and her loyal golden retriever Pretzel, Maya hopes the cozy mountain town will offer a fresh start and maybe a little peace.

Instead, she gets murder.

When Willow Falls’ notoriously arrogant rival baker suddenly collapses dead after sampling one of Maya’s signature “pawstries” at the Fall Harvest Festival, suspicion falls squarely on the newcomer in town. The local sheriff seems more interested in wrapping up the case quickly than investigating properly, and Maya soon realizes that clearing her name may require a little amateur sleuthing of her own.

Fortunately, she’s not entirely alone.

Between a roller-skating mail carrier with an eye for drama, eccentric small-town locals, suspicious widows, hidden grudges, and Pretzel’s uncanny talent for sniffing out trouble, Maya uncovers a tangled recipe of blackmail, secrets, and poison simmering beneath Willow Falls’ postcard-perfect surface.

Along the way, sparks begin to fly between Maya and a woman who may become more than just an ally in the investigation. But in a town where everybody knows everybody’s business, romance can be almost as dangerous as murder.

Warm, witty, and packed with cozy charm, A Murder Most Tasty delivers everything readers love about culinary mysteries: quirky townsfolk, comforting food descriptions, lovable animal sidekicks, clever clues, and enough baked goods to make your bookshelf smell faintly of cinnamon.

Includes recipes for readers brave enough to investigate the kitchen themselves.

A delightful sapphic cozy mystery where the pastries are flaky, the gossip is piping hot, and the golden retriever may secretly be the smartest character in town.