A dead manager, a silent bakery, and a watchful goldendoodle who knows something isn’t right…
Before sunrise, Marigold ‘Mari’ Quinn unlocks the back door of Crumb & Clover bakery—and finds her manager dead on the floor. Everyone calls it an accident. Mari doesn’t. She’s learned the hard way what happens when the wrong story goes unchallenged, and this scene doesn’t add up.
When a stray goldendoodle plants herself at the storage room door and refuses to move, Mari listens. She names the dog Ginger and quickly realizes the pup’s instincts may be sharper than those of the detective eager to close the case.
As gossip spreads and nerves fray, suspicion falls on Hollis, the gruff baker Darren publicly threatened, and Renee, the efficient coworker who wants Darren’s job—and would do anything to get it. Missing ingredients, altered logs, and quiet grudges point to something far darker than a simple accident.
With pressure mounting and danger edging closer, Mari must uncover the truth—because in this bakery, the next mistake could cost her everything.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Before sunrise, Marigold ‘Mari’ Quinn unlocks the back door of Crumb & Clover bakery—and finds her manager dead on the floor. Everyone calls it an accident. Mari doesn’t. She’s learned the hard way what happens when the wrong story goes unchallenged, and this scene doesn’t add up.
When a stray goldendoodle plants herself at the storage room door and refuses to move, Mari listens. She names the dog Ginger and quickly realizes the pup’s instincts may be sharper than those of the detective eager to close the case.
As gossip spreads and nerves fray, suspicion falls on Hollis, the gruff baker Darren publicly threatened, and Renee, the efficient coworker who wants Darren’s job—and would do anything to get it. Missing ingredients, altered logs, and quiet grudges point to something far darker than a simple accident.
With pressure mounting and danger edging closer, Mari must uncover the truth—because in this bakery, the next mistake could cost her everything.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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