Synopses & Reviews
When Devereaux Dev” Sinclair hosts a cupcake contest at her five-and-dime store, she discovers that someone is just dying to win...
Kizzy Cutler finds it so delicious to be back in her hometown of Shadow Bend, Missouri, that she seems to have forgotten why she fled twenty years ago. For now, shes excited to kick off her new line of cupcakes with a competition, which Dev has agreed to host in her shop. But before the first yummy cupcake is even baked, Kizzy's assistant Fallon dies from a mysterious ailment.
While the medical examiner attempts to discover what killed Fallon, Kizzy declares that the show must go on. However after Kizzy escapes several near misses, Dev is convinced that someone in Shadow Bend has it in for the cupcake queen. Is the secret from her past so dark someone still wants to kill her for it?
With a list of not-so-sweet suspects, Devs in a race against the timer to solve the murder before someone else gets iced
Includes a sneak peak of the next Scumble River Mystery!
Review
Praise for the Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery series “Swanson has a gift for portraying small-town life.”—AnnArbor.com
“Delightful.…Readers will look forward to seeing more of the quick-witted Dev.”—Publishers Weekly
“[A] spunky new heroine with a Missouri stubborn streak.”—Library Journal (Starred Review)
“Swanson puts just the right amount of sexy sizzle in her latest engaging mystery.” -Chicago Tribune
Review
Praise for Devereauxs Dime Store Mystery Series
“Fabulously entertaining.”—The Maine Suspect
“Delightful.”—Publishers Weekly
“[An] engaging mystery [series].”—Chicago Tribune
Synopsis
Opening an old-fashioned five-and-dime shop in her small Missouri hometown has been a great change for Devereaux Dev” Sinclair. But when she hosts a reading group there, she learns that bad writing can mean life or death.
To keep her new business in the black, Dev opens up her shop to local clubs. But in the first meeting of the Stepping Out Book Club, the speaker storms out after members attack his poetrys sexism and scorn for small towns. Later that night, the poets body is found outside Devs store.
Dev cant afford for the murder to close her down, so she does a little stepping out of her own to investigate, with help from her two sexy suitors, Dr. Noah Underwood and Deputy U.S. Marshal Jake Del Vecchio. But when the killer threatens Dev, they will have to use every trick in the book to solve the case before she becomes the final chapter in this murder mystery.
Includes a sneak peek at the next Scumble River Mystery!
About the Author
Denise Swanson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Scumble River Mystery series and Devereauxs Dime Store Mystery series. She worked as a school psychologist for twenty-two years before quitting to write full-time. She lives in Illinois with her husband, classical composer David Stybr, and their cool black cat, Boomerang.