Baked to Death

A Small-Town Mystery Full of Laughs, Lies, and Lethal Cupcakes (Elmwood Hollow Mysteries Book 1)

By: Nikki Fiala

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Welcome to Elmwood Hollow, where the cupcakes are sweet, the gossip is sticky, and murder is always bad for business.

Claire Callahan just wanted to keep her late grandmother’s bakery running—maybe bake a few scones, avoid small-town drama, and keep the flour off her jeans. But when the local gossip is found dead behind her shop, Claire finds herself knee-deep in secrets that rise faster than her sourdough starter.

With a chaos-prone assistant who treats the Murder Wall like modern art, a mayor who’s way too shady for a man who wears that many sweater vests, and a hardware store owner acting guiltier than a cat in a birdcage, Claire’s got more questions than cupcakes.

Luckily, she’s not alone. There’s also Luke—the quietly rugged landscaper who keeps showing up just when she needs him, making her heart skip like a dropped stand mixer.

As clues stack up and the conspiracy heats up, Claire must roll up her sleeves and dig into a mystery that could crumble the town’s foundation.

Baked to Death is a twisty, laugh-out-loud mystery packed with small-town secrets, suspicious zoning maps, and just the right amount of buttercream.

Book One in the Elmwood Hollow Mysteries.