Murder at the Midsummer Feast: A Cozy Gothic Mystery with Amateur Sleuths in a Southern Small Town: A Vale & Stone Consulting Detective Mystery

About Murder at the Midsummer Feast: A Cozy Gothic Mystery with Amateur Sleuths in a Southern Small Town: A Vale & Stone Consulting Detective Mystery

A poisoned tart. A town full of secrets. And a great-aunt who’s been framed. Cressida Vale didn’t return to Blackvale for the drama. She came for the quiet—to help at her great-aunt Sylvia’s inn and find her footing through a camera lens. But when a celebrity chef drops dead at the Midsummer Feast after eating one of Sylvia's famous jam tarts, "quiet" goes out the window. The sheriff has his handcuffs ready, and Aunt Sylvia is the prime suspect. Refusing to let her family take the fall, Cressida teams up with Miles Stone—her childhood friend who has his own reasons for returning to the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Together, they must peel back the sunny veneer of Blackvale to find the real killer. Between rival bakers, decades-old grudges, and a web of blackmail, the truth is more bitter than a poisoned crust. Can Cressida and Miles clear Sylvia’s name before the killer serves up a second helping? Murder at the Midsummer Feast is a charmingly atmospheric cozy gothic mystery.

If you love amateur sleuths, small-town secrets, and a dash of Southern charm, you’ll love the first book in the Vale & Stone series