A Deadly Blend
(2026)(The fourth book in the Junie Carmichael Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Tracy Auten
A DEADLY BLEND
A grand opening. A dead body. And a teacup full of secrets.
When pompous antiques dealer Benedict Ashford ends up face-down in his Darjeeling, bookshop owner Junie Carmichael discovers that ambition and greed don't always pair well with afternoon tea.
Trouble is brewing in Thistleberry Point. The victim had plans to gentrify Harbor Street, and now he’s dead with a vintage tea canister as the smoking gun.
Armed with her clever, clue-sniffing companion, Edgar and sharp-tongued assistant Flo, Junie starts percolating through a list of suspects that’s anything but short and sweet.
There's a jilted ex-fiancée with a grudge steeped in bitterness, a high-society matriarch with secrets darker than Earl Grey, and a slippery lawyer whose money laundering scheme is about to boil over.
When the trail leads to a long-buried boat explosion and whispers of a police cover-up, Junie realizes this mystery won’t solve itself.
And if she doesn’t crack the case soon, she’ll be the next one in hot water.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
A grand opening. A dead body. And a teacup full of secrets.
When pompous antiques dealer Benedict Ashford ends up face-down in his Darjeeling, bookshop owner Junie Carmichael discovers that ambition and greed don't always pair well with afternoon tea.
Trouble is brewing in Thistleberry Point. The victim had plans to gentrify Harbor Street, and now he’s dead with a vintage tea canister as the smoking gun.
Armed with her clever, clue-sniffing companion, Edgar and sharp-tongued assistant Flo, Junie starts percolating through a list of suspects that’s anything but short and sweet.
There's a jilted ex-fiancée with a grudge steeped in bitterness, a high-society matriarch with secrets darker than Earl Grey, and a slippery lawyer whose money laundering scheme is about to boil over.
When the trail leads to a long-buried boat explosion and whispers of a police cover-up, Junie realizes this mystery won’t solve itself.
And if she doesn’t crack the case soon, she’ll be the next one in hot water.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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