The village's annual preserve fair is meant to celebrate its sweetest jars. This year, it leaves a bitter aftertaste.
When the fair's judge is found murdered beside the prize table, a local tea-shop owner is pulled into the investigation after her closest friend is blamed. A missing recipe card, a mislabeled jar, and a fairground full of rival vendors point in different directions.
She isn't a detective, but she knows the people behind the stalls. As she follows the clues from the tasting tent to the village kitchens, old grudges surface-and someone is determined to keep the truth sealed.
Can she uncover who wanted the judge silenced and clear her friend's name before the fair ends?
A warm, clue-driven village mystery about friendship, food, and the secrets hiding behind a perfect preserve.