The Casserole Code

A Harmony Creek Mystery

von Maissie Wren

290 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A church potluck. A fatal dessert. A nurse with everything to lose.

In Harmony Creek, Tennessee, the annual church social is the highlight of the season, until Councilman Clifton Ledbetter takes a bite of Nora Beth Hensley's famous blueberry buckle and collapses dead on the fellowship hall floor. The blue stains on his lips point to one conclusion. Nora is not just the town's most trusted nurse. She is the prime suspect in a cold-blooded murder.

To the local gossips, the case is already closed. To Nora, it is a frame job. To clear her name, she must dive into the Casserole Code, the unspoken social hierarchy that governs small-town life and keeps its darkest secrets buried beneath layers of Southern hospitality.

She does not hunt for the killer alone. Alastair, an eccentric retiree with a wardrobe of tactical turtlenecks and a background in insurance adjusting, notices details that everyone else dismisses. Willow, a brilliant goth teenager, can crack a local server as easily as she applies black eyeliner. Together, this unlikely trio follows a trail of clues that leads from the church kitchen into the shadows of the Prentiss woods, where secrets have been kept for years and someone is still watching.

Sheriff Wade Thompson is duty-bound to follow the evidence, but the evidence keeps pointing toward Nora, and his instincts say otherwise. As the investigation tightens around her, Nora must decide how far she is willing to go to protect the town she loves.

The Casserole Code is the first book in a new cozy mystery series from Maissie Wren. For readers who love charming Southern settings, quirky investigative teams, and just enough culinary suspense to keep the pages turning.