Plot & Scone

Clara Higgins traded corporate spreadsheets for fresh-baked scones, mystery novels, and a second chance at life in the charming town of Willow Creek. But when the town's most unpopular landlord turns up dead behind her bookstore-bakery-with Clara's own cast-iron doorstop beside the body-her peaceful new beginning becomes a murder investigation.

With her business in jeopardy and suspicion pointing directly at her, Clara does what any former auditor would do: she starts looking for discrepancies. And in a town filled with grudges, secrets, questionable alibis, and more than one person who wanted the victim gone, the numbers aren't adding up.

Ignoring the warnings of the stubborn-and frustratingly attractive-Chief Elias Thorne, Clara follows the clues through Willow Creek while juggling an upcoming baking competition, a meddling ex-fianc©, and the very real possibility that a killer is watching her every move.

With help from her colorful friends, her faithful one-eared cat Barnaby, and an accountant's instinct for spotting what doesn't belong, Clara must uncover the truth before she loses her business-or becomes the killer's next victim.

Welcome to The Plot & Scone, where every mystery has a recipe, every suspect has a secret, and nothing is quite as innocent as it looks.