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It’s fall in Fallingbrook, Wisconsin, and Emily Fyne, owner of the popular local Deput Donut café is on a trail—a Donut Trail, that is—to tour pre-Halloween treats and activities, not to mention check out the competition. It’s all fun and games, until a murder that’s no trick . . .
Emily and her friends Izzy and Monique are traveling the Donut Trail in style in Deputy Donut’s vintage, donut-topped car. With them are Emily’s cat, Dep, and Monique’s tiny dog, Gigi. Amid the spectacular fall foliage they stop at an orchard that includes a bistro and a vast corn maze. But while sampling some apple cider, they find that not everyone shares their friendly, festive mood . . .
A cranky tourist not only scolds them for bringing their pets, but she also says she hates dogs—with cats a close second. No matter, Emily and company, their pets leashed, go off to enter the maze. But soon, boisterous teens barge in, wreaking havoc, tossing pumpkins, uprooting cornstalks—and attempting a dog-snatching . . .
As everyone scrambles to regroup, it turns out the dog-hating woman is missing. And when her dead body is finally discovered—with Gigi’s hair ribbon in her pocket—Emily and her friends are the top suspects. To clear their names, they’ll have to throw a killer off their trail while diving even deeper into a dangerous labyrinth of clues . . .
Review
Book 11 of the series, adds an unique twist- a donut shop tour! Only our gang isn't on the bus, their visiting on the side, to see how the tour is working, before the tour might come to Deputy Donut. When they end up being the last people to see one of the participants alive in the hay maze of a cider themed stop, and they find themselves in the middle of the investigation, the gang can't help getting involved and trying to solve the case. With Emily's husband sidelined from the case, because of being related to the 'suspects', it will take all their brain power and skills to solve this one before the real killer finds them at Deputy Donut!
About the Author
I like donuts and I like coffee. I like reading and I like writing. I like lots of things, actually...
People gather in donut shops to drink coffee and eat delicious treats, and also to spend time with neighbors and friends. What if a murder occurred in a small town? Wouldn’t patrons who spend time enjoying each others’ company in the town’s favorite coffee shop gossip about the tragedy and the possible culprits?
And the people who own that shop would hear things that might lead them to a murderer. Anything could happen...
Usually, when people ask where I get my ideas, I say, “Everywhere.” That’s true, but the idea for a donut shop run by people with connections to a police department came from Cops & Doughnuts. You can read their wonderful story at copsdoughnuts.com.
Finally, I have a confession. I have an alias. Readers might know me as Janet Bolin, author of the Threadville Mysteries.
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