Murder in the Mixer

A warm bakery. A quiet town. A secret that refuses to stay buried.When Wren Carter leaves the city behind to open a small bakery in the charming town of Maplewood, she’s searching for comfort, routine, and a fresh start. What she doesn’t expect is a famous food critic walking into her shop, leaving behind a cryptic warning... and turning up dead hours later behind her bakery.Suddenly, Wren’s stand mixer becomes evidence, her quiet life becomes gossip, and the town that welcomed her begins to look at her with suspicion. In Maplewood, secrets travel faster than truth-and being new makes you dangerously convenient.With the help of her sharp-tongued best friend Juno and a determined local officer who doesn’t believe in easy answers, Wren finds herself pulled into an investigation she never asked for. As clues surface-from missing keys and hidden ledgers to messages meant to mislead-one thing becomes clear: the murder wasn’t random, and the truth has been carefully locked away.But Maplewood is a town built on access. Who has the keys matters. Who copies them matters more.As Wren follows a trail that blends baking, bookkeeping, and buried secrets, she discovers that the most dangerous crimes aren’t committed in dark alleys-but behind polite smiles, familiar routines, and doors that open a little too easily.Murder in the Mixer is a cozy culinary mystery filled with small-town charm, clever twists, amateur sleuthing, and just the right pinch of humor. Perfect for readers who love bakery mysteries, strong female leads, and whodunits where comfort and danger share the same table.Pour yourself something warm, settle in, and remember:In Maplewood, trouble doesn’t always knock.Sometimes, it lets itself in with a key.