In this cozy mystery, a young woman is framed by her boss for embezzlement and flees to her auntâs pie shopâbut when her ex-boss turns up dead on their doorstep she must start her own investigation to find the killerâbefore he finds her.
CHOCOHOLIC CREAM. BOUNTIFUL BLUEBERRY. LOTSA LEMON MERINGUE. EVEN DANGEROUSLY DAMSON.
Who could resist such pies? Who would even want to resist the pie shop that makes them? Certainly not the residents of Durham, North Carolina, and the little bakery and cafĂŠ called Pie in the Sky is one of the most popular meet-up places in town.
Unjustly accused of cooking the books, Maggie Grady is forced to retreat from her high-flying New York financial career to the town where she grew up. Her aunt Clara greets her with open arms and a job at the family-owned business that has baked the best pies in the South for over forty years. Unfortunately, while Maggie is determined to return to banking, her reputation there seems permanently in the pits. That is, until her old boss, Lou, visits with news that heâs found the real crook. Before he can reveal the details, though, Maggie finds his body right behind the pie shop.
With only her own word that Lou planned to exonerate her, Maggie is in the spotlight. The police seem to suspect that Aunt Claraâs damson pie may not be just dangerously delectable, but downright deadly. Maggie doesnât just have her own name to clear; she has to make sure that her auntâs beloved business isnât harmed, either. Yummy local reporter Ryan Summerour appears eager to help, and Maggie canât help hoping that itâs not just the police who find her a person of interestâbut Ryan, as well. Sheâd thought it challenging to make the perfect pie crust that Aunt Clara demands, but that turns out to be nothing compared with finding a murderer. . . .