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Dead as a . . . dentist? andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;They say sugar is bad for your teeth, but can it actually kill you? The Brea Ridge police seem to think so when they find cake decorator Daphne Martin wielding an oversized plastic toothbrush over a dentistand#8217;s dead body. Daphne moved back to her small Virginia hometown just months ago to open her Daphneand#8217;s Delectable Cakes business and already sheand#8217;s been mixed up in murder. Now sheand#8217;s got to prove her sweet innocence again. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;After hours of police questioning, Daphne returns home to find Elvis Presley in her driveway. Sheand#8217;s certain sheand#8217;s hallucinating until the leather-clad hunk orders up a pink Cadillac cake for a convention of the Elvis impersonators. Daphne accepts, but her reporter-boyfriend Ben is suspicious of Elvisand#8217;s intentions. Does the King want to make Daphne his confectionery queen? Or is the convention a ruse for a more sinister operation? Daphneand#8217;s own investigation into Dr. Bainsworthand#8217;s murder, meanwhile, reveals the dentist made as many enemies as he did fillings. Just about anyone could have done him in, but itand#8217;s up to Daphne to find the killerand#8212;and finish Elvisand#8217;s cakeand#8212;before sheand#8217;s the one singing and#8220;Jailhouse Rock.and#8221;
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"Entertaining...a tasty read." --Publishers Weekly
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"A sweet treat for cozy mystery fans."
--Fresh Fiction
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"Trent features a pleasant heroine, a middling mystery and several appended dessert recipes fit for the King (Elvis, that is)." --andlt;Iandgt;Kirkusandlt;/Iandgt;
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"One day I found myself happily readingand#8230;mysteries by Gayle Trent. If she can win andlt;Iandgt;me andlt;/Iandgt;overand#8230;she's got a great future." --Dean Koontz
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andlt;divandgt;"Entertaining...a tasty read." --Publishers Weeklyandlt;/divandgt;
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and#8220;A sweet treat for cozy mystery fans."andlt;BRandgt; andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp; and#8212;Fresh Fiction
Synopsis
Cake decorator Daphne Martin finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation--and an Elvis impersonator convention--with a bullseye on her back.
Synopsis
In the latest delectable cozy mystery in Gayle Trent’s series, cake decorator Daphne Martin finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation—and an Elvis impersonator convention—with accusations flying in her direction.
Brea Ridge is a small town where everybody knows everybody’s business. So when one of the town’s only two dentists is inexplicably murdered—and cake decorator Daphne Martin and her neighbor Myra stumble across his body—rumors fly. Daphne’s sweet innocence is in question...again.
As Daphne sets out to solve the mystery of the dentist’s demise, she learns that other Brea Ridge citizens might have had something against Dr. Bainsworth. Rumors of an affair spread…or could the murder have something to do with the arrival of a fleet of Elvis impersonators?
About the Author
andlt;Bandgt;Gayle Trentandlt;/Bandgt;andnbsp;lives in Southwest Virginia withandnbsp;her husband and two beautiful children, a boy and a girl.andnbsp;She's a full-time writer/editor/mom/wife and chief cook and bottle washer, andandnbsp;she love every minute of it. Okay, not the bottle washing so much, but the rest of it is great.