A Cup of Flour, a Pinch of Death

In this feisty new culinary cozy mystery from Agatha and Edgar Award-nominated author Valerie Burns, social
media influencer Maddy Montgomery is adjusting to her new life after moving to small-town Michigan to run a
bakery and take care of a gigantic English mastiff—all while solving the murder of a one-time nemesis...
The small town, fish-out-of-water, baking-themed mystery for fans of Jenn McKinlay, Mia P. Manansala, Abby
Collette, Jennifer J. Chow, Danielle Arceneaux, and Joanne Fluke!
“Books, dogs and food — and a well-structured sense of fun — connect almost all of Valerie Burns’s cozy
mysteries.” — The New York Times
Thanks to Maddy’s social media savvy, Baby Cakes Bakery is becoming a huge success—so much so that
she’s attracted the attention of her former nemesis, the fiancé-stealing Brandy Denton. When Brandy blows
into New Bison like an ill wind and disrupts a vlog Maddy’s filming, their argument goes viral. After Brandy’s
body is found at Baby Cakes, Maddy instantly goes from viral sensation to murder suspect.
As Maddy is still reeling from the murder, a stranger shows up in the bakery claiming to have been a friend of
Octavia. He believes Maddy is in danger. When a second body washes up on the lake shore, it seems clear
someone’s out to kill to keep a secret—and it may have to do with her great aunt.
Maddy rallies her aunt’s friends, the Baker Street Irregulars; Sheriff April Johnson; and her veterinarian
boyfriend Michael—not to mention her English mastiff Baby—to do some digging and root out whoever’s behind
the killings . . .