The Silence of the Flans

Description:

Baker Winnie Johnson does her best work when the heat is on. As owner of the Emergency Dessert Squad, she has a deft touch in the kitchen and a soft spot for lost causes. So when her business professor beau, Jay Morgan, expresses misgivings over having to fail one of his fourth-year students, Winnie cooks up a sweet solution. She'll offer an extra credit opportunity in exchange for a little help with her growing business. But when her protégé's first dessert delivery poisons a student journalist, the publicity threatens to burn Winnie's business to a crisp. Now the entrepreneur-turned-detective must uncover the ingredients behind a recipe for murder before she crumbles under pressure...

subjects: Fiction,  Cozy mystery,  foodie,  bakery,  cat,  friendship,  romance,  murder,  An Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery

People: Winnie Johnson,  Renee Ballentine,  Jay,  Morgan,  Parker Nelson,  Bridget O'Keefe,  Lovey

Places: Silver Lake,  Ohio

Times: Contemporary,  2017