Rye or Die
(2026)(The ninth book in the Laughing Loaf Bakery Mystery series)
A novel by Victoria Kazarian
River Grove’s first-ever Halloween Haunted Maze was supposed to be the town’s spookiest event of the year. Nobody expected it to be literally deadly.
When bakery owner Gracie Markley finds the body of AI exec Jeremy Bradshaw in the maze’s shadows, the screams stop being fun. Ticket sales sink like an overmixed chiffon cake.While Mayor C insists the crime wasn’t rooted in River Grove at all, Gracie finds out many people in town wanted to get rid of the flashy, philandering Bradshaw. The murder investigation is about to get messy — and not the flour-on-the-counter kind.
While she investigates, Gracie also worries that her assistant manager Beck may be leaving The Laughing Loaf. Beck was her first employee and the heart and soul of the bakery’s success - from her wildly popular menu items to her cheery, welcoming way with customers. Gracie realizes that Beck has been the bakery’s—and her own—‘ride or die.’
As the maze’s secrets unravel, Gracie must solve a murder and prepare herself for the possibility of a big change—one she hopes her popular bakery can survive.
Includes Laughing Loaf Bakery recipes.
Genre: Cozy Mystery