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Dying for Cupcakes
- A Baker’s Dozen Cozy Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Joanna Roddy
- Series: A Baker's Dozen Cozy Mystery, Book 1
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
A broken baker running for relief in Sunny Cove. A poisoned cupcake swallowed by the local sheriff. Our sleuthing cook in the crosshairs for the crime! This is a cozy recipe you won't want to miss!
Horrible histories suggest that the new girl in town Samantha Baker has reason for revenge on the family of the poisoned lawman. Virtually alone and with no time to spare, Sammy turns a sleuth to uncover the cop-killing culprit and solve this messy small-town mystery.
Sammy’s investigations will divulge dastardly deeds that require every ounce of faith and forgiveness she can muster before she can finally close the case and put the cherry on this cupcake catastrophe.
Dying for Cupcakes is a Christian cozy mystery with all of the ingredients that you love - an amateur sleuth, a small town, a cast of colorful characters, and a clean mystery with lots of deliciously unsavory surprises.
Join Sammy for as she seeks to clear her good name and restore peace to Sunny Cove. Buy Dying For Cupcakes today.
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- Mr. Seahawk #7
- 28-04-2020
Fun Little Mystery
It was a fun mystery to listen to, suitable for kids as well as adults. I loved the narrator, Joanna Roddy. She did a terrific job of making the story come alive, and had some fun character voices!
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