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Culinary Cozies & Deadly Desserts

Warm bakery kitchen with pastries and cinnamon under amber lamplight.


Food brings people together. Murder keeps them talking. In these culinary cozies, cinnamon can’t cover every crime—and kitchens become the most dangerous room in the house.

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The Polaroid Murder — Vivian Keyes

A buried scandal resurfaces in Carlyle Cove when a local troublemaker turns up dead. Armed with a vintage Polaroid and a relentless instinct for truth, Kelsey Woods follows clues no one wanted uncovered.

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café cozy · small-town secrets · vintage photo mystery

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Murder at the Manor — Iris Kingsley

A storm traps guests inside Everly Manor just as a loyal butler is murdered. Baker Beth Sanders must navigate quarantines, inheritance battles, and a killer hiding behind good manners.

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locked-in cozy · manor house murder · baker sleuth

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A Purr-fectly Poisonous Plot — Lorna St. James

Blueberry scones turn deadly when a baker collapses on an inn’s doorstep. With her cat Evie and a poisoner closing in, Clem Harper must act fast.

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inn cozy · poison mystery · cat sidekick

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Pastries, Plots and Peril — Neela Snow

A literary festival ends in murder when an author dies mid-sentence. Claire Winters and her tabby Max unravel ambition baked into every motive.

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festival cozy · literary murder · cat detective

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