Batter Up for Burial

A Small Town Bakery Cozy Mystery with Dog

Fanny Fairchild has exactly one goal for the William's Cove town planning meeting: deliver her Millionaire's Shortcake, collect her check, and fix the walk-in cooler that's been humming in the key of B-flat ever since her apprentice tried to repair it with duct tape. But when the meeting's most controversial guest — a big-city developer with powerful enemies and a knack for making small towns miserable — ends up dead, Fanny's beautiful shortcake suddenly looks less like dessert and more like a motive. With her bakery's reputation on the line and her name in everyone's mouth, staying out of it simply isn't an option.

If you love a mystery that wraps you up like a warm kitchen on a cold morning — where the town feels real, the humor is sharp, the puzzle is genuinely satisfying, and the dog absolutely pulls his weight — Batter Up for Burial is exactly what you've been looking for. This is the book you'll finish in one sitting and immediately want to talk about, followed by a strong craving for shortcake and the urge to move to a small coastal New England town.