Apple Pie and Arsenic: A Small Town Culinary Cozy Mystery (Maple Lane Mysteries Book 1)

Name: Apple Pie and Arsenic: A Small Town Culinary Cozy Mystery (Maple Lane Mysteries Book 1)
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Rating: 4.3 (1787 reviews)
Author: C. A. Phipps

by C. A. Phipps

Contemporary Fiction Mystery Thriller

4.3 (1,787)

4.3 stars from 1,787 reviews. Top 82% of Contemporary Fiction books we track.

278 pages~4.6 hr readPublished by CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished 2018-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You enjoy cosy mysteries with real friendships at their heart, where the squad actually matters as much as solving the case.
You like your sleuthing with humour and sass, plus a cat character who's more than just window dressing.
You want a mystery that surprises you, not one you've figured out by chapter three.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer dark, gritty procedurals with high body counts and moral ambiguity.
You find small-town settings claustrophobic or cosy mysteries too predictable to bother with.
You want romance to be the primary plot, not the subplot.

About this book

Maddie discovers her best friend's body and becomes the prime suspect in the murder. She must work to clear her name before facing arrest or the killer strikes again. With help from her close friends and a cat, Maddie investigates the case. Her ex, the town sheriff, complicates matters as she tries to determine whether he believes in her innocence. While baking is Maddie's strength, solving a murder proves far more difficult. This book is the first in the Maple Lane Mysteries series and includes one or two recipes. The series continues with Bagels and Blackmail, Cookies and Chaos, Doughnuts and Disaster, Eclairs and Extortion, Fudge and Frenemies, Gingerbread and Gunshots, and Honeycake and Homicide, with a prequel titled Sugar and Sliced.

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Currently 4.3★ from 1,787 reviews

Gaining approximately 21 new reviews per month. Steady word of mouth growth. Rating has dipped slightly from 4.4 to 4.3.

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