When April Hart, owner of the Bluewater Bakery in the picture-perfect port of Gull Bay, is asked to provide the coronation cake for the Battle of Flowers queen, she is thrilled. The festival is the highlight of the summer season on the island of Jersey, and baking the cake for the prestigious event will put her bakery on the culinary map. But what begins as excitement soon unravels into scandal.
As demands and tensions escalate, April finds herself amidst chaos: a stubborn caterer, allegations of fraud, and the queen's arrest for assault threaten to derail the beloved festival. When disaster finally strikes, the battle queen is murdered, and her loyal baker is accused. April's worst fears are realised.
As the police focus their investigation solely on her baker, Rachel, April must fight to clear her friend's name. With the fate of her bakery and Rachel's freedom hanging in the balance, April knows that this is one battle she must win.
Join April, Rachel, and the irascible Hope in the sixth instalment of the Gull Bay Cozy Mystery series. Can April solve the mystery and salvage more than just her bakery's reputation before it's too late?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
As demands and tensions escalate, April finds herself amidst chaos: a stubborn caterer, allegations of fraud, and the queen's arrest for assault threaten to derail the beloved festival. When disaster finally strikes, the battle queen is murdered, and her loyal baker is accused. April's worst fears are realised.
As the police focus their investigation solely on her baker, Rachel, April must fight to clear her friend's name. With the fate of her bakery and Rachel's freedom hanging in the balance, April knows that this is one battle she must win.
Join April, Rachel, and the irascible Hope in the sixth instalment of the Gull Bay Cozy Mystery series. Can April solve the mystery and salvage more than just her bakery's reputation before it's too late?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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