Strawberry Tart Mystery

Strawberry Festival season in Starke, Florida should be all about sweet desserts and small-town charm—unless you’re Clara Bloom.

Clara juggles fostering dogs for Bradford County Animal Services with baking strawberry tarts that could win blue ribbons—or burn down her kitchen. But when a string of bizarre “accidents” strike the shelter—missing paperwork, tampered locks, and runaway animals—suspicion lands squarely on her doorstep.

As the Strawberry Festival kicks off, chaos erupts in the middle of the tart contest when shelter dogs are set loose in front of half the county. Everyone points fingers at the shelter’s incompetence, but Clara smells sabotage—and the culprit might be closer than anyone thinks.

Armed with sarcasm, her trusty foster dog Roscoe, and an inconvenient knack for stumbling into trouble, Clara has days to unmask the saboteur before Hazel Pritchard, Starke’s self-appointed queen of perfection, gets her wish: shutting down the shelter for good.

Can Clara expose the truth before the festival’s grand finale turns into a total disaster? Or will the only thing left of her reputation be crumbs of a half-eaten tart?

Strawberry Tart Mystery is a laugh-out-loud cozy mystery full of quirky characters, small-town drama, strawberry desserts galore, and just enough danger to keep you turning pages. Perfect for fans of culinary cozies, animal rescues, and travel-inspired mysteries.