Half Baked Schemes
(2017)(Book 11 in the Chocolate Shoppe Mysteries series)
A novel by Mary M O'Donnell
Poisoning, theft, and a young girl’s disappearance serve up a triple mystery for Jillian Green to solve.
A television reality cooking show is shooting at Belle Haven mansion, and Jillian Green is excited about the notoriety—and the dough''it will bring to her family’s estate and The Chocolate Shoppe Bakery. Before filming begins, however, one of the judges falls victim to poisoning and Jillian takes it upon herself to root out the cause.Complicating matters is the arrival of Bonnie Trueblood, Jillian’s five-year-old distant cousin. Jillian reads to Bonnie from a rare collection of bedtime storybooks every evening, but when the books and Bonnie come up missing the result is whipping up more bedlam in the antebellum home than Jillian thinks she can handle. Will Jillian and her friends be able to solve the mystery of the poisoning, the theft, and the girl’s disappearance? Is a criminal mastermind at work, or is this latest crime wave just the result of some half-baked scheme?
This clever whodunit from Annie’s Chocolate Shoppe Mysteries series is a must-read for fans of cozy mysteries, baking, female friendships, and light romance.
Genre: Inspirational
A television reality cooking show is shooting at Belle Haven mansion, and Jillian Green is excited about the notoriety—and the dough''it will bring to her family’s estate and The Chocolate Shoppe Bakery. Before filming begins, however, one of the judges falls victim to poisoning and Jillian takes it upon herself to root out the cause.Complicating matters is the arrival of Bonnie Trueblood, Jillian’s five-year-old distant cousin. Jillian reads to Bonnie from a rare collection of bedtime storybooks every evening, but when the books and Bonnie come up missing the result is whipping up more bedlam in the antebellum home than Jillian thinks she can handle. Will Jillian and her friends be able to solve the mystery of the poisoning, the theft, and the girl’s disappearance? Is a criminal mastermind at work, or is this latest crime wave just the result of some half-baked scheme?
This clever whodunit from Annie’s Chocolate Shoppe Mysteries series is a must-read for fans of cozy mysteries, baking, female friendships, and light romance.
Genre: Inspirational
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