Stuffed with Suspicion
(2025)(The second book in the Thanksgiving Dinners Gone Wrong Mystery series)
A novel by Maisy Marple
When bookstore owner Sage Thornfield decides to host Thanksgiving dinner in her newly renovated Victorian home, she envisions a perfect holiday gathering with friends and neighbors from Cornucopia Valley. The eclectic guest list includes the town's mayor and his poised wife, a reclusive professor, a successful bakery owner, the new town doctor, an old high school friend who's mysteriously returned after fifteen years away, and Sage's childhood friend who now works as a local reporter. With her mischievous orange tabby cat Pumpkin by her side, Sage is determined to make her first Thanksgiving dinner party a success—until Mayor Wilson dramatically collapses face-first into his pumpkin pie.
What begins as a festive holiday meal quickly transforms into Cornucopia Valley's most perplexing murder case, with Detective Noah Parker eyeing everyone at the table—especially Sage, whose homemade pumpkin pie appears to be the murder weapon. As tensions rise around a controversial development project that threatens to change the town forever, Sage realizes that beneath Cornucopia Valley's charming exterior lie decades of secrets, grudges, and questionable business dealings. With Parker warning her to stay out of his investigation, Sage finds herself drawn deeper into the mystery, discovering connections between her dinner guests that no one could have anticipated.
Armed with her natural curiosity, a knack for being in the right place at the right time, and a surprisingly helpful cat who seems to have detective instincts of his own, Sage navigates small-town politics and personal history to uncover the truth. From secret meetings in abandoned buildings to hidden messages in financial documents, the investigation takes Sage on a journey through Cornucopia Valley's past and present, revealing that some Thanksgiving recipes include ingredients best left buried. With a killer still at large and time running out, Sage must solve the case before she becomes the next course in someone's deadly dinner plans.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
What begins as a festive holiday meal quickly transforms into Cornucopia Valley's most perplexing murder case, with Detective Noah Parker eyeing everyone at the table—especially Sage, whose homemade pumpkin pie appears to be the murder weapon. As tensions rise around a controversial development project that threatens to change the town forever, Sage realizes that beneath Cornucopia Valley's charming exterior lie decades of secrets, grudges, and questionable business dealings. With Parker warning her to stay out of his investigation, Sage finds herself drawn deeper into the mystery, discovering connections between her dinner guests that no one could have anticipated.
Armed with her natural curiosity, a knack for being in the right place at the right time, and a surprisingly helpful cat who seems to have detective instincts of his own, Sage navigates small-town politics and personal history to uncover the truth. From secret meetings in abandoned buildings to hidden messages in financial documents, the investigation takes Sage on a journey through Cornucopia Valley's past and present, revealing that some Thanksgiving recipes include ingredients best left buried. With a killer still at large and time running out, Sage must solve the case before she becomes the next course in someone's deadly dinner plans.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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