Murder and Mischief at the Festival

A Totally Delightful Small Town Cozy Murder Mystery

Poisoned sweets. Blackmail. A mischievous beagle.

When dog trainer Maggie Harper sets up her Pupcakes & Paws booth at Silverbrook’s annual Sweet Tooth Festival, she expects a day of cupcakes and crowd-pleasing dog tricks—not to stumble on a corpse.

But when her Beagle, Scout, discovers the body of bakery owner Ernest Dobbins, the festive mood turns deadly.

Whispers swirl through the town like powdered sugar—was it May Dobbins, Ernest’s icy widow, who’d finally had enough of her husband’s cruelty? Or Carla Meadows, the skittish bakery assistant Ernest was blackmailing over a secret past?

With threats, poisoned treats, and a missing recipe book, every clue uncovers deeper betrayals. The deeper Maggie digs, the more dangerous the game becomes.

With her gossip-loving best friend and reluctant Officer Lawson at her side, Maggie races against the clock to catch a killer—before she becomes the next victim.