“When you’re jolted awake by the shrill ringing of the phone at two in the morning, somehow you always know it’s going to be bad news.” ~ A sinister phone call in the middle of the night throws tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, straight into the heart of a new murder mystery–this time with her friend, Seth, arrested as the key suspect! The grisly killing in the cloisters of an old Oxford college points to a bitter feud within the University–but Gemma finds unexpected clues popping up in her tiny Cotswolds village. Meanwhile, her love life is in turmoil as Gemma struggles to decide between eminent doctor, Lincoln Green, and sexy CID detective, Devlin O’Connor… whilst her quaint English tearoom is in hot water as she struggles to find a new baking chef. With her exasperating mother and her mischievous little tabby cat, Muesli, driving her nutty as a fruitcake–and the nosy Old Biddies at her heels–Gemma must crack her toughest case yet if she is to save her friend from a life behind bars.
(* Traditional English Chelsea Bun recipe at the end of the story!) This book follows British English spelling and usage.
Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.
Genre: humorous culinary cozy mysteries, cat cozy mystery series / women amateur sleuth / British detective mystery
The OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:
- A Scone To Die For
- Tea with Milk and Murder
- Two Down, Bun To Go
- Till Death Do Us Tart
- Muffins and Mourning Tea
- Four Puddings and a Funeral
- Another One Bites the Crust
- Apple Strudel Alibi
- The Dough Must Go On
- The Mousse Wonderful Time of Year
- Wrongfully Infused
- A High Whisk Situation
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