The Founders' Feast Murder
(2026)(The fifth book in the Gilded Pumpkin Bakehouse Mystery series)
A novel by Diana Beckett
Founders Day in Bramblewick is supposed to be a celebration. Candlelight, autumn finery, a banquet table stacked with tradition… and the kind of powerful people who smile like saints while sharpening knives behind the scenes.
For Ivy Culver, it’s also a trap.
After four cases that rocked the town’s polished reputation, Ivy knows exactly what Bramblewick does when its secrets get too close to daylight: it picks a scapegoat. This year, the target is her bakehouse and the deed she inherited from her late aunt… the same deed certain ‘community leaders’ have been trying to pry from her hands since the day she arrived.
Then the donor matriarch behind Founders Day turns up dead, and the crime scene points straight at Ivy’s back door.
With her business on the brink, her name splashed across every local headline, and Detective Cal Mercer facing consequences for every step he takes toward the truth, Ivy has only one move left: stop playing defense. Because the Founders’ Table isn’t just a rumor anymore. It’s a machine. And it’s willing to kill to keep owning Bramblewick.
This time, Ivy isn’t just solving a murder. She’s fighting for her home.
Buy now to uncover who controls Bramblewick… and what they’ll do to keep it.
Genre: Mystery
For Ivy Culver, it’s also a trap.
After four cases that rocked the town’s polished reputation, Ivy knows exactly what Bramblewick does when its secrets get too close to daylight: it picks a scapegoat. This year, the target is her bakehouse and the deed she inherited from her late aunt… the same deed certain ‘community leaders’ have been trying to pry from her hands since the day she arrived.
Then the donor matriarch behind Founders Day turns up dead, and the crime scene points straight at Ivy’s back door.
With her business on the brink, her name splashed across every local headline, and Detective Cal Mercer facing consequences for every step he takes toward the truth, Ivy has only one move left: stop playing defense. Because the Founders’ Table isn’t just a rumor anymore. It’s a machine. And it’s willing to kill to keep owning Bramblewick.
This time, Ivy isn’t just solving a murder. She’s fighting for her home.
Buy now to uncover who controls Bramblewick… and what they’ll do to keep it.
Genre: Mystery
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