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"Snappy dialogue, a well-drawn supporting cast and an irresistible canine companion all add delicious flavor. Gulp this book down or savor it, but consuming it will guarantee a sustained sugar high." - The New York Times Book Review
In a brand-new culinary cozy series with a fresh edge and a delightful small-town setting, the acclaimed author introduces Maddy Montgomery, a social media expert who's #StartingOver in small town Michigan after inheriting her great-aunt's bakery...and a 200-pound English Mastiff named Baby.
A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Book Of 2022
When Maddy Montgomery's groom is a no-show to their livestream wedding, it's a disaster that no amount of filtering can fix. But a surprise inheritance offers a chance to regroup and rebrand-as long as Maddy is willing to live in her late, great-aunt Octavia's house in New Bison, Michigan, for a year, running her bakery and caring for a 250-pound English mastiff named Baby.
Maddy doesn't bake, and her Louboutins aren't made for walking giant dogs around Lake Michigan, but the locals are friendly and the scenery is beautiful. With help from her aunt's loyal friends, aka the Baker Street Irregulars, Maddy feels ready to tackle any challenge, including Octavia's award-winning cake recipes. That is, until New Bison's mayor is fatally stabbed, and Maddy's fingerprints are found on the knife . . .
Something strange is going on in New Bison. It seems Aunt Octavia had her suspicions, too. But Maddy's going to need a whole lot more than a trending hashtag to save her reputation-and her life.
"Everyone is a suspect in Valerie Burns's entertaining new mystery, filled with surprising twists, suspicious characters and a mastiff named Baby who will win your heart. Top that off with humor and delicious recipes and you have a delight of a cozy." -Valerie Wilson Wesley, author of A Fatal Glow
Reviews (2)
Kirkus Review
A Navy brat inherits a bakery in rural Michigan. Madison Montgomery carries all the baggage of a typical cozy heroine, albeit in a Louis Vuitton suitcase. Dumped by her high-earner fiance: check. Contentious relationship with her father, an admiral, that makes her yearn to succeed on her own terms: check. Inheritance from her grandmother with some pesky strings attached: check. Less common for the genre, Maddy is Black, and she's young enough to document her life on Instagram. When she learns that she's now the owner of Baby Cakes in New Bison, Michigan, provided that she operates her late grandma's bakery for a full year and cares for her giant mastiff, Baby, she responds with a burst of hashtags: #NewVenture #EntrepreneurLife #LoveEnglishMastiffs. With the help of loyal Baby Cakes employees Leroy Danielson and Hannah Portman, sales skyrocket. When mayor Paul Rivers is killed in the bakery, prompting the police to shut down the crime scene, Maddy simply moves the operation into her grandmother's large, though uninspected and unlicensed, home kitchen and continues to sell her popular delicacies out of her garage. From then on, it's pretty cookie cutter. Maddy dates most of New Bison's eligible bachelors until she figures out who's a good guy and who's a bad guy and rattles enough cages that the killer eventually comes after her. #StandardCozyPlot #HealthCodeViolations. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Arriving in a snowstorm, California girl Madison Montgomery has come to New Bison, Michigan, to receive her great Aunt Octavia's bequest of a mansion on the lake and a popular bakery. Meeting with a lawyer, Maddy learns that to receive the bequest, she needs to live in the mansion for a year and run the bakery--and care for Baby, a 200-pound mastiff. A lover of designer clothes and all things social media, Maddy is wholly unprepared for her new responsibilities. For starters, she doesn't bake. Then the mayor is fatally stabbed, Maddy's fingerprints are the murder weapon, and a fire set to cover up the crime destroys the bakery. Now committed not only to clearing her name, but also to making the business a -success--using social media, of course--she starts by learning to bake. Townspeople loyal to Aunt Octavia--they call themselves the Baker Street Irregulars--support Maddy's search for the killer. A lively series launch, with an edgier heroine than in the baking-framed novels of Joanne Fluke.