num_pages: 352
description: Shes a talented pastry chefwith a secret recipe for solving crimesWELCOME TO THE COOKIE HOUSEKate McGuires life was sweet in Manhattan before she lost her restaurant job and fianc both. But sometimes thats just the way the cookie crumbles and soon she finds herself starting from scratch in the island town of Coral Cay Florida. It has everything shes looking for: sunny beaches friendly locals and a Help Wanted sign in the bakery shop window. Once she convinces the shops crusty owner Sam Hepplewhite to hire her Kate cant tie on her apron fast enough. Little does she know that trouble like warm dough is on the rise. . .WHERE CRIMINALS GET THEIR JUST DESSERTSStewart Lord is a real estate developer with a taste for a different type of dough: the green kind. He knows that he could make a killing by purchasing the Cookie House from Sam who flat-out refuses to sell. But when Stewart turns up the heat on Samthen turns up dead after eating a fresh batch of Sams cinnamon rollsall eyes focus on the towns beloved bakery. When the police arrest Sam for murder Kate must somehow prove that her curmudgeonly boss is innocent. Enlisting the help of a team of lovable locals Kate sets out to catch the real culprit with his hand in the cookie jarbefore someone else gets burned
language: English
title: And Then There Were Crumbs
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks