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The Case of the Curious Cupcake Caper: A Cozy Mystery
Paperback
Series: Oakwood Mysteries
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 2 2025
Pages: 234
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A missing recipe notebook. A town festival in jeopardy.
And one cupcake secret someone is willing to steal, sabotage, and lie for.
When Mari Delgado opens Sugar & Spice before the biggest week of the year, she expects frosting emergencies, last-minute festival orders, and a few too many opinions from Oakwood's most devoted cupcake fans.
She does not expect to find the bakery's locked display case open.
Or her mother's treasured recipe notebook gone.
For twenty years, that notebook has held the secret behind Sugar & Spice's famous festival cupcakes. Without it, Mari risks losing more than a recipe. She could lose the bakery's reputation, her mother's legacy, and the town tradition everyone expects her to protect.
Luckily, Maddy Pierce and the Domestic Detectives know that small-town trouble is never as simple as it looks.
The clues are strange from the start: a frozen security camera, a missing case key, a curl of candied orange peel from a batch that has not been made yet, and a dark-blue thread caught where it should not be. Soon Maddy uncovers old grudges, ambitious bakers, rival businesses, forgotten payments, hidden documents, and one man determined to rewrite Oakwood history before the festival crowd gathers.
As gossip spreads faster than buttercream on a warm day, Mari must decide who to trust. Her assistant has secrets. Her rival may know more than she admits. The town's favorite festival treat may have a past no one fully understands.
And the thief is not just after a recipe.
They want credit. Control. Profit.
And if Maddy cannot follow the crumbs in time, Sugar & Spice may become famous for all the wrong reasons.
The Case of the Curious Cupcake Caper is a warm, witty bakery cozy mystery filled with small-town charm, amateur sleuthing, community secrets, and enough cupcakes to make trouble taste sweet.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
- Culinary cozy mysteries
- Bakery and cupcake mysteries
- Small-town amateur sleuths
- Clean mystery with no gore
- Found-family friendships and quirky side characters
- A clever mystery centered on recipes, secrets, and town gossip
- Warm humor, festival charm, and satisfying justice
In Oakwood, every cupcake has a story.
This one has a clue.
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