Purrfectly Poisoned: A Small-Town Cat Café Cozy Mystery: Maple Hollow Mysteries, #3

The bake-off was supposed to raise money for homeless cats. Instead, it raised a body count.

When Maple Hollow hosts a charity Bake-Off to fund a new roof for the local animal shelter, café owner Clara Whiskerton expects sugar-dusted rivalry and maybe a little wounded pride — not a nationally feared food critic collapsing minutes after judging the contest, poisoned by an anonymous "congratulations" gift.

With half the county harboring a grudge against a man notorious for destroying small businesses in print, Clara has no shortage of suspects: a blackmailed shop owner desperate to keep a secret buried, a rival baker still nursing a six-year-old wound, and a landlord who needed the critic alive far more than dead.

Between managing a café full of curious cats and following a trail of clues only her own stubborn instincts can piece together, Clara has to find a killer patient enough to plan the perfect poisoning before Maple Hollow's beloved fundraiser turns into its next unsolved tragedy.

Purrfectly Poisoned is Book 3 in the Maple Hollow Mysteries, a clean, cozy series full of small-town charm, a lovable tabby cat, and a murder to solve before the coffee gets cold.