Loaf and Order

By David Patrick Curd SR

At the Cypress Bend Farmers Market, rules are supposed to keep things fair.

Then Harold Pike turns up dead.

Harold was the town's most irritating watchdog: strict, sharp-eyed, and impossible to fool with sloppy paperwork. When baker Charisma Finnegan learns he may have uncovered something troubling before he died, she cannot leave it alone.

Between sourdough loaves, missing records, nervous vendors, and a waterfront project everyone suddenly wants to avoid discussing, Charisma follows the crumbs through a town that knows how to smile while keeping secrets.

But in Cypress Bend, some lies are filed neatly.

And some come with a receipt.

Loaf and Order is a warm, small-town cozy mystery filled with fresh bread, market gossip, buried motives, and one determined baker who knows the truth does not always rise on its own.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6HSNW48
• ISBN13: 9798183981131
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"