The Just Desserts Club Mysteries: Books 1-3
(2025)(A book in the Just Desserts Club Mysteries series)
An omnibus of novels by Daisy James
A brand new cosy mystery series set in the picturesque Devonshire village of Little Sweeting where murder, mayhem and macarons are all on the menu.
Book One: Parties, Pavlova & PoisonAs Lottie Chadwick serves glasses of tangy lemonade and ice-cold prosecco at her summer garden party, she couldn’t be happier. The Waddling Duck Café, with its lavender-coloured façade and matching bunting, is a roaring success and has given Lottie a chance to escape the heartbreak of losing her much-loved job as a food stylist for a celebrity chef in London.
But then disaster strikes when popstar-in-the-making Sasha Richards is found dead in her holiday lodge after the party. Now all eyes are on Lottie…have her famous mini apricot pavlovas poisoned her most high-profile guest? Or is someone else trying to damage Sasha’s chance of stardom?
If Lottie wants to save her picture-perfect life, and the reputation of the Waddling Duck Café, she’s going to have to get to the bottom of the mystery…and fast! Will it be a piece of cake, or will the culprit escape their just desserts?
Book Two: Retreats, Roulade & Revenge
As summer drifts into autumn, Devon’s newest café’s owner Lottie Chadwick swaps serving ice-cold fizz and cucumber sandwiches for warm, spiced pumpkin latte, gingerbread roulade, and gooey chocolate brownies as she prepares to host Little Sweeting’s annual Hallowe’en party.
With the preparations in hand, and against her better judgement, Lottie agrees to help her new friend Matt Wilson on one of his Extreme Quests retreats – a Wild Camping & Medieval Myths expedition to a legendary local priory. Camping under the stars could be the perfect chance to relax and get to know him better.
But the cooler weather brings with it a sense of peril when one of the wild camping group is shot dead with a bow and arrow! Is it an unfortunate accident? Or is something more sinister afoot in picture-postcard Little Sweeting?
Once again, Lottie must join forces with the newly-formed Just Desserts Club in the hope of solving the mystery and bringing the perpetrator to justice, otherwise her dream of building a new life at the Waddling Duck Café could be over before it’s begun.
Book Three: Christmas, Cupcakes & Catastrophe
It’s Christmas at the Waddling Duck Café!
As Lottie Chadwick rustles up a new batch of snowman-shaped cookies, even December’s wintery weather can’t dampen her spirits. With her friends Grace and Josh tying the knot at the village’s pretty church on Christmas Eve, and her beloved café staging its very first Christmas Carousel competition in its sweeping grounds, there’s so much to celebrate.
But when one of the stag party members is fatally catapulted from his cycle during a sprint through the woods, things turn distinctively frosty. With someone targeting their wedding guests, Grace pleads with Lottie and her fellow Just Desserts Club members to once again join forces to solve the mystery and save her wedding.
With so much at stake, they need to act fast. Can they find the person responsible before Little Sweeting’s winter wonderland turns into a Christmas catastrophe?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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