Biscuits, Butter, and Betrayal
(2025)(The second book in the Murder in the Mixing Bowls series)
A novel by Patsy Hicks
Oak Haven’s got secrets baked into every corner—and this time, one of ’em’s deadly.
Food blogger Lou Ellsworth is cooking up a new blog series featuring the best home cooks in town, and her latest post stars a retired schoolteacher whose biscuits could make a puppy pull a freight train. But when the teacher keels over just hours after the post goes live, Lou’s feel-good feature turns into front-page scandal.
Worse yet, the blame falls squarely on Lou’s assistant Jenny, bless her heart. The poor girl helped prep the meal, and now the town’s whispering that she stirred in more than butter. Lou knows Jenny wouldn’t hurt a fly—unless that fly insulted her pie crust—and she’s determined to clear her friend’s name, even if it means going toe-to-toe with her brother, the town sheriff.
As Lou digs through layers of sugar-coated lies, family feuds, and kitchen drama, she uncovers a recipe for murder that’s been simmering for decades. Someone’s willing to do just about anything to keep the past buried—and they’re not done yet.
It’s going to take every ounce of Lou’s grit, gut instinct, and Southern charm to crack this case wide open—before someone else gets served their last supper.
Food blogger Lou Ellsworth is cooking up a new blog series featuring the best home cooks in town, and her latest post stars a retired schoolteacher whose biscuits could make a puppy pull a freight train. But when the teacher keels over just hours after the post goes live, Lou’s feel-good feature turns into front-page scandal.
Worse yet, the blame falls squarely on Lou’s assistant Jenny, bless her heart. The poor girl helped prep the meal, and now the town’s whispering that she stirred in more than butter. Lou knows Jenny wouldn’t hurt a fly—unless that fly insulted her pie crust—and she’s determined to clear her friend’s name, even if it means going toe-to-toe with her brother, the town sheriff.
As Lou digs through layers of sugar-coated lies, family feuds, and kitchen drama, she uncovers a recipe for murder that’s been simmering for decades. Someone’s willing to do just about anything to keep the past buried—and they’re not done yet.
It’s going to take every ounce of Lou’s grit, gut instinct, and Southern charm to crack this case wide open—before someone else gets served their last supper.
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