The Handyman’s Last Bite
“Excellent storytelling gives life to a plot which is nice and twisty and characters who are well-developed and believable”
Gypsy Lee Miller had a successful career in Washington, DC, but felt adrift. Her friends thought she was nuts when she decided to go back Bay View Harbor on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Not a retreat, kind of a rethinking. At her cousin Linda’s suggestion, she renovates a building to become the Bay View Harbor Bakery and the two become entrepreneurs. Business doesn’t pick up rapidly but it is growing until Gordy, the local handyman, drops dead on the bakery floor.
Gypsy Lee’s yoga instructor friend, Tessa, encourages her to delve into what happened. She doesn’t need a lot of encouragement; if the bakery fails she’ll lose everything she invested. Who knew she’d end up as an amateur sleuth? Gyplsy Lee and Tessa Gordy’s footsteps to the posh Bay View Inn, a local fishing boat, and a glass blowing store owner Gordy tried to blackmail.
Gordy owed money to people and was fixated on not being well-to-do. He was also focused on a town real estate development project that might benefit the owner of the local inn. But why did he care whether she really owned it? Questions irritate the mayor and other important people in town.
With the bakery clients dwindling and sparse clues, Gypsy Lee continues to persist — against police and Linda’s advice — to delve into what happened. Being known as the Killer Cupcake Woman is bad for business. But the questions she’s asking bring unwanted attention in the form of bricks through her bakery window and bashed taillights.
She begins to think she’s on the right path, But her actions aren’t recipes for a long life.
Come to the charming town of Bay View Harbor on the Chesapeake Bay to meet an eclectic group of townspeople and begin the Bayview Harbor Mystery series. A fun culinary mystery.
** With recipes, including several from A Taste of Love by Leigh Michaels.
Cover Description: View of the harbor from inside the Bay View Bakery, complete with a lemon-frosted cupcake with a bite out of it.
