A Recipe for Murder: A Maisie Brooks Cozy Mystery

Maisie Brooks, sharp-eyed café owner and reluctant traveler, arrives at the Seaside Inn expecting pastries and ocean views—not a cutthroat culinary festival simmering with rivalries.

When a notorious celebrity chef is found dead in Maisie’s room after a night of public humiliations and whispered threats, suspicion spreads fast, and Maisie lands squarely in the crosshairs.

Armed with her steady instincts and a scruffy stray dog named Toast who sniffs out clues better than any detective, Maisie begins peeling back the layers of secrets the chef left behind.

Was it the brooding chef whose career she ruined? The polished influencer guarding a crack in her perfect façade? Or someone hiding behind the inn’s charming smile?