The Sourdough Sleuth

By MORGAN FINLEY

When food scientist Miriam Yeastwood loses her job in biotech, she returns to her coastal hometown of Baywick and takes refuge in her aunt's historic bakery. But when a fisherman washes up dead-dusty with flour and smelling faintly of sourdough-Miriam is pulled into a tangled mystery of sabotage, secrets, and microbial forensics. Armed with her knowledge of fermentation and a battered field notebook, she becomes an unlikely detective.

As more bodies appear and the town's most sacred culture-its century-old sourdough starter-is threatened, Miriam must battle not only a killer but a corporate empire bent on monopolizing the invisible world of microbes. Alongside detective Paula Morgan and a network of citizen scientists, she unravels conspiracies, thwarts weaponized yeast, and builds a global movement dedicated to shared science and transparent culture.

Blending cozy mystery, biotech thriller, and culinary romance, The Sourdough Sleuth is a story about what we inherit, what we share, and what we're willing to protect-loaf by loaf, cell by cell.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1923484869
• ISBN13: 9781923484863
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"