The Cider Mill Body
(2026)(The third book in the Gilded Pumpkin Bakehouse Mystery series)
A novel by Diana Beckett
Ivy Culver didn’t come to Bramblewick for drama. She came for ovens, early mornings, and a quiet second chance.
Then Cider Heritage Week arrives, and the town’s oldest cider mill becomes the season’s glittering centerpiece. Tour buses. Lantern tours. VIP tastings. And a supply contract Ivy can’t afford to lose.
When the mill’s senior foreman is found dead inside the cold storage room, the town rushes to call it a tragic accident. Ivy knows better. The scene is too neat, the story too fast, and the people pushing it are the same ones who keep trying to ‘manage’ Bramblewick’s problems into silence.
With Detective Cal Mercer under pressure to keep the peace and Ivy’s bakehouse suddenly on the wrong side of a contract dispute, she does what she does best. She builds a timeline. She tracks access. She follows the paperwork everyone else pretends doesn’t matter.
Because this time, the murder isn’t just about a body.
It’s about land, money, and who gets to own the town when the tourists go home.
And if Ivy doesn’t find the truth before the lanterns go out, she won'''t just lose her supplier.
She’ll lose the bakehouse that’s become her home.
Genre: Mystery
Then Cider Heritage Week arrives, and the town’s oldest cider mill becomes the season’s glittering centerpiece. Tour buses. Lantern tours. VIP tastings. And a supply contract Ivy can’t afford to lose.
When the mill’s senior foreman is found dead inside the cold storage room, the town rushes to call it a tragic accident. Ivy knows better. The scene is too neat, the story too fast, and the people pushing it are the same ones who keep trying to ‘manage’ Bramblewick’s problems into silence.
With Detective Cal Mercer under pressure to keep the peace and Ivy’s bakehouse suddenly on the wrong side of a contract dispute, she does what she does best. She builds a timeline. She tracks access. She follows the paperwork everyone else pretends doesn’t matter.
Because this time, the murder isn’t just about a body.
It’s about land, money, and who gets to own the town when the tourists go home.
And if Ivy doesn’t find the truth before the lanterns go out, she won'''t just lose her supplier.
She’ll lose the bakehouse that’s become her home.
Genre: Mystery
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