A murdered chef. A poisoned pastry. Can a young barista deliver a killer their just desserts? Maddy dreams of opening her own detective agency with her best friend. Fresh off her A-levels and looking to save up funds, she and her BFF take a gap-year job serving coffee to rich tourists at an Austrian ski resort. But when someone tampers with one of Maddy’s sweet creations to snuff out a snooty … to snuff out a snooty pastry chef, the offending doughnut becomes a recipe for disaster…
With her dreams of becoming a PI in serious danger, Maddy has next to no time to preserve the cafe’s reputation and clear her name. But as the suspect list rises and the trail of breadcrumbs grows stale, her future rests on bringing the killer to justice.
Can Maddy close her very first case before she’s cooked?
Dead on Doughnuts is a deliciously sweet culinary cozy mystery. If you like quirky characters, a heaping measure of intrigue, and tasty twists and turns, then you’ll love Sarah Jane Weldon’s scrumptious whodunit.
Buy Dead on Doughnuts to pin a sticky suspect today!
Book 1: Dead on Doughnuts
Book 2: Extra Shots
Book 3: Cupcaked Crime
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A wonderful time was had by none
“No good work is ever done on an empty stomach”
After passing their A levels, lifelong friends Maddie and Eloise head off for a gap year before entering Oxford University. Their winter jobs? Working at a Cafe in Austria where they find jealousy and murder on the menu. Will the girls live to see their dreams of being private investigators come true?
I am a big fan of Sarah Jane Weldon’s style and writing abilities and highly recommend this book. 5/5
I really liked the book. It was well written and full of suspense. The murderer was a real surprise to me on this one!
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A treat to Read
August 21, 2019
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A fast paced, page turner starts the first of this Coffee Shop Mystery series off in fine style. Sarah Jane Weldon has created an exuberant cast of colourful characters who keep us intrigued and entertained from the very first page. The story is set in a snowy Austrian ski resort. The insulated nature of this setting lends itself very effectively to creating a build up of tension and suspicion amongst the small group of resort employees… alliances and friendships are tested until the truth is eventually revealed in a suitably dramatic manner.
The story will appeal to all cosy mystery enthusiasts who enjoy a witty and well plotted storyline and I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
The book contains an informative glossary at the end of the story as well as recipes so that you can read your treat and bake it too!
This book was a wonderful read. Two long time friends, Maddy and Eloise, have just passed their A Levels. They are going to spend the next year as a gap year before enrolling in University. They plan to own their own Private Investigator Agency. They have planned a long time and have some money put aside. Their plan for the gap year is to work as cafe baristas in a ski lodge in Austria. Things start to go wrong just as they thought all was good. Someone is murdered and Maddy in blamed. They will need to put their investigation skills into plan now. You will have to pick up your copy of the book to find out who killed whom?? A wonderful story and great read
3. 5 stars – Maddy and her best friend Eloise freshly graduated from high school. and want to take a gap year before studying to become PIs.
Their first stop is a working holiday in Val d’Isere, where they both got a job at a small Café. Flying there they meet Sophia, a young woman just out of culinary school, graduating first in her class as a patisserie chef. She was supposed to start her new job there, but finds it was taken by her nemesis, Audrey.
When someone dies in the Café Maddy and Eloise jump in to solve the case, especially after Sophia is one of the main suspects.
The story is not bad, but if feels like a teenager has written the story, someone with no real life experience. Although the story is engaging this lack of realism made the story difficult to read for me at times.
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