Paws, Pastries & a Past Unburied
(2026)(The first book in the Maple Glen Mystery series)
A novel by Becky Bakewell
Muffins, and a map that should have stayed lost…
Mo Daley only wanted a quiet morning at her gluten-free bakery—until a suspicious fire, a bloodstained relic, and an old Blackwood family secret turn Maple Glen upside down. A warmhearted widow with flour on her apron and unfinished knitting in her bag, Mo has learned that small towns remember everything… even what they try to bury.
Dragged into trouble by her eccentric librarian best friend, June, who catalogs secrets for fun, Mo finds herself following a trail of half-buried documents, whispered town gossip, and clues uncovered by her snack-obsessed dog, Biscuit, and her regal, unhelpful cat, Sprinkles.
Suspicion swirls around Emma, the jittery new librarian assistant digging into Blackwood history, and Arthur Lyle, a retired councilman with old grudges and too much access to sealed records. But while red herrings multiply, someone is watching Mo closely.
With fires spreading, threats escalating, and the bakery itself targeted, Mo must untangle decades of lies before Maple Glen’s darkest secret claims another victim, and silences her for good.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Mo Daley only wanted a quiet morning at her gluten-free bakery—until a suspicious fire, a bloodstained relic, and an old Blackwood family secret turn Maple Glen upside down. A warmhearted widow with flour on her apron and unfinished knitting in her bag, Mo has learned that small towns remember everything… even what they try to bury.
Dragged into trouble by her eccentric librarian best friend, June, who catalogs secrets for fun, Mo finds herself following a trail of half-buried documents, whispered town gossip, and clues uncovered by her snack-obsessed dog, Biscuit, and her regal, unhelpful cat, Sprinkles.
Suspicion swirls around Emma, the jittery new librarian assistant digging into Blackwood history, and Arthur Lyle, a retired councilman with old grudges and too much access to sealed records. But while red herrings multiply, someone is watching Mo closely.
With fires spreading, threats escalating, and the bakery itself targeted, Mo must untangle decades of lies before Maple Glen’s darkest secret claims another victim, and silences her for good.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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