This is the fourth set of books in Eryn Scott’s popular Stoneybrook Mystery series. Follow jam maker, Hadley James, and her friends as they solve crimes in their usually peaceful town. Each book features a different cat and two recipes.
Book 10 – A Patchwork Case
Book 11 – A Bagged Body
Book 12 – A Staged Corpse
A Patchwork Case
This case has Stoneybrook on pins and needles …
The pink-and-white awning of Stoneybrook’s newest shop, Patchwork Quilts, has locals seeing red. Regardless of the warm welcome the town gave her, Mabel Bailey seems bent on sewing the seeds of competition with Frannie’s Quilt Stop. Slashing prices is one thing, but stealing quilt designs is a crafting faux pas.
When Hadley finds Mabel dead in her quilt shop, the townspeople have to face the terrible truth that one of their own might have taken her out. Or was she running from someone in her past? Honestly, the Stoneybrook rumor mill is out of control, and Hadley’s having a hard time figuring out the truth.
With Paul out of town, and Kevin preoccupied with his campaign for sheriff, Hadley might be the only one who can solve this case. But is even Hadley unprepared for the dark reasoning behind Mabel’s death? Because it’s about to get even worse than it seams.
Recipes included: Meyer lemon marmalade and bergamot-honey syrup.
A Bagged Body
Paper, plastic, or murder?
Hadley James is finally in the kind of relationship she’s always wanted, with the guy who has always been there for her. So she couldn’t care less when her ex-husband, Tyler, comes to town, flaunting his swimsuit model girlfriend around Stoneybrook. When that same girlfriend is found in a dumpster, dead, behind Tyler’s family’s grocery store, Hadley wishes she’d paid a little more attention to the woman.
Tyler, the obvious main suspect, comes clean, admitting that he and the woman weren’t actually dating. He’d hired her to play his girlfriend for the week. What Tyler didn’t realize is how deep in trouble she was. When the case takes a turn and clues start pointing in Hadley’s direction, she and her Stoneybrook friends have to get involved to clear her name. As they dig into Tyler’s arrangement with the deceased woman, they realize Henley Grocery might not just be the site of the murder. The local grocery store shelves are stocked with secrets.
Recipes included: Champagne fig jam with candied ginger and apple Earl Grey almond jelly
A Staged Corpse
A body is never good for a room’s feng shui …
The McKays’ divorce played out in the unforgiving public eye, mirroring Sheriff Mark McKay’s humiliating defeat in the recent election. Just as it seems everyone is ready to move on, Mark is discovered lifeless, right in the middle of one of his ex-wife Courtney’s staged houses.
The talented interior decorator finds herself at the epicenter of the accusations. Despite the town’s speculative murmurs, Hadley and her friends are unwavering in their belief of her innocence.
In a case where appearances can be deceiving, it will require a discerning eye and unwavering determination to unearth the truth. The puzzle surrounding Mark’s demise becomes a complex tapestry of secrets. Hadley and the gang are determined to see justice prevail, confident that the interior decorator they’ve embraced as a member of their community is far from a killer.
Recipes included: Blackberry plum jam and cranberry butter
