Cupcakes and Casualties (Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery)

By Agatha Frost

The 11th book in the BESTSELING Peridale Cafe series! The residents of Peridale don't like change, so when the famous actress, Candy Bennett, rolls into the village to demolish a historic cottage, things don't go as smoothly as she would have hoped. With the 'Peridale Preservation Society' protesting her plans to build a modern home on the land, things quickly turn sour. Days into the project, Candy's lead builder, Shane, is murdered and the task to solve the mystery once again falls into Julia's lap.Did one of the protestors kill the builder to make a statement, or was he murdered by someone from within his own team? With the preservation society, the actress, the architect, and the builders all keeping secrets, Julia soon has her hands full gathering evidence, but it's a familiar-looking new arrival in the village that commands her attention. Julia's life is torn apart when she learns of the stranger's true identity, but will she be able to focus on the challenging case before another body turns up? The only certainty is that Julia's life will never be the same again. Book 11 in the Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery series! Can be read as a standalone but will be enjoyed more as part of the series. A light, cozy mystery read with a cat loving and cafe-owning amateur female sleuth, in a small village setting with quirky characters. Written in British English. No cliffhanger, swearing, gore or graphic scenes! Other books in the series: 1. Pancakes and Corpses2. Lemonade and Lies3. Doughnuts and Deception4. Chocolate Cake and Chaos5. Shortbread and Sorrow6. Espresso and Evil7. Macarons and Mayhem8. Fruit Cake and Fear9. Birthday Cake and Bodies10. Gingerbread and Ghosts11. Cupcakes and Casualties

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 198065722X
• ISBN13: 9781980657224
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.7" x 5.1"