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A Bitter Brew: A British Culinary Cozy Mystery
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 22 2026
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A toxic law firm. A poisoned espresso. A billionaire family secret that kills.
Former corporate litigator turned Cotswold baker Eleanor Ellie Hastings thought she had left the cutthroat London legal world behind for good. But when a senior auditor at her old firm, Sterling, Vance & Croft, drops dead in a private executive elevator, the police quickly rule it a tragic heart attack.
Ellie knows better.
To uncover the truth, Ellie and her flamboyant barista, Oliver, must trade the cozy comforts of The Steeped Leaf tea shop for the ruthless glass skyscrapers of the financial district. For Oliver, the stakes couldn't be higher or more personal: the firm is run by his estranged, terrifying billionaire uncle, Richard Vance-the exact man Oliver ran away to the Cotswolds to escape.
Armed with her elite courtroom instincts and accompanied by her fiercely judgmental orange tabby, Crumpet, Ellie must navigate a labyrinth of embezzled escrow accounts, forged subpoenas, and a deadly dose of wolfsbane slipped into a bespoke dark roast. But as she gets closer to a missing offshore ledger that could bring down the entire Vance empire, the billionaire Architect of London decides it's time to permanently cancel Ellie's retainer.
Can Ellie outsmart her toxic former bosses and save Oliver from his own family, or will this investigation be her final cup of coffee?
A Bitter Brew is the thrilling fourth installment in The Earl Grey Enigmas series. If you love clever puzzles, high-stakes showdowns, and justice served with a perfect pastry, you'll love this page-turning mystery!
Perfect for fans of:
Traditional British culinary cozy mysteries
Fierce female amateur sleuths
Highly opinionated orange tabby cats
High-stakes, locked-room corporate whodunnits
Clean reads with absolutely no graphic violence, gore, or explicit language!
Get your copy today and brew up a brilliant mystery!
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