Poison at the Coffee Shop

The Dog-Walking Detective Series

By: Daisy Stone

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When your boyfriend is arrested for attempted murder, walking dogs won't solve the case—but it might save his life.

Megan Brown thought she'd found peace in Maplewood Cove. No more corporate stress, no more murdered developers or lighthouse conspiracies. Just her dog walking business, morning coffee with Jake Thompson, and the kind of quiet life she'd always wanted.

Then Captain Ed Morrison collapses on the marina dock, poisoned with digitalis. And every piece of evidence points to Jake—the coffee shop owner who made Ed's morning coffee, who opposed Ed's marina expansion project, and who has a criminal past he never told Megan about.

Jake says he's innocent. The evidence says otherwise. And Megan has limited time to prove the truth.

As Megan investigates, she uncovers a town full of suspects with secrets to hide. Someone is planting evidence. Someone manipulated Ed's memories to frame Jake. And someone is willing to destroy an innocent man to protect their corruption.

With Jake facing twenty years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Megan must navigate a maze of planted foxglove, falsified town meeting records, and a victim who insists Jake tried to kill him. But the deeper she digs, the more she realizes this poisoning was never about the marina expansion at all—it was about silencing the one person who wouldn't compromise on ethics.

Can Megan expose a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of town government before Jake is convicted? Or will the man she's falling in love with lose everything again—just like he did when he was wrongfully convicted at seventeen?

Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries with amateur sleuths, small-town secrets, and dogs who always know more than they should.

While this is Book 4 in the Dog Walking Detective series, it can be read as a complete standalone—all mysteries are fully resolved, and no prior knowledge of the series is required.