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A Case of Treachery in the Trees
(2026)(The third book in the House Sitter Mystery series)
A novel by Mara Webb
CHARMING TOWN. EXCELLENT DONUTS. ONE VERY DEAD BAKER.
Penelope Bridges has house-sat at a California winery and a Wyoming ranch. She has survived storms, power failures, and a pot-bellied pig. She is getting quite good at this.
Her third assignment will be in an artist's historic home in Burns Hollow, Vermont, during the Autumn Festival. She has a Ghost Orchid to keep alive and a cat to remove from the premises. One task is easier than the other. The town is charming. The foliage is spectacular. The maple donuts are, she will admit, genuinely life-changing.
But then the town's most beloved baker is found dead in the festival crowd, bees in the air, her used EpiPen on the cobblestones. The police chief calls it a tragedy. He's not wrong. He's just not seeing all of it.
Agnes Gable carried an epi-pen every day for thirty years. She was meticulous about checking the expiry dates, storing them correctly, and avoiding her allergens. So what went wrong?
A rival baker with a stolen legacy, an old friend drowning in guilt, a town that closes ranks like it was born doing it, and a secret someone has been carrying for fifty years.
The answer, when it comes, isn't about money. It isn't about power. It's about a name, and what a person will destroy to
keep it.
The House Sitter Mysteries — because some people just can't switch off.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Penelope Bridges has house-sat at a California winery and a Wyoming ranch. She has survived storms, power failures, and a pot-bellied pig. She is getting quite good at this.
Her third assignment will be in an artist's historic home in Burns Hollow, Vermont, during the Autumn Festival. She has a Ghost Orchid to keep alive and a cat to remove from the premises. One task is easier than the other. The town is charming. The foliage is spectacular. The maple donuts are, she will admit, genuinely life-changing.
But then the town's most beloved baker is found dead in the festival crowd, bees in the air, her used EpiPen on the cobblestones. The police chief calls it a tragedy. He's not wrong. He's just not seeing all of it.
Agnes Gable carried an epi-pen every day for thirty years. She was meticulous about checking the expiry dates, storing them correctly, and avoiding her allergens. So what went wrong?
A rival baker with a stolen legacy, an old friend drowning in guilt, a town that closes ranks like it was born doing it, and a secret someone has been carrying for fifty years.
The answer, when it comes, isn't about money. It isn't about power. It's about a name, and what a person will destroy to
keep it.
The House Sitter Mysteries — because some people just can't switch off.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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