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Beagles Love Cupcake Crimes (PAPERBACK)

Beagles Love Cupcake Crimes (PAPERBACK)

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PAPERBACK. BOOK 1 OF THE BEAGLE DINER CULINARY COZY MYSTERY SERIES.

Celebrity chefs, relentless paparazzi, a deadly competition... and one determined beagle!

Lyra St. Claire thought she had it all—a glittering culinary career, adoring fans, and a beagle sidekick named Biscuit who always sniffed out trouble. But her world crumbles when her agent vanishes without a trace, leaving her in the lurch. Worse, a fellow competitor meets an untimely and suspicious demise during a high-stakes cooking contest.

Now, Lyra is caught in a simmering pot of mystery, where cryptic clues lead her in circles and secrets threaten to boil over. With her reputation—and possibly her life—on the line, she must unravel the truth before she becomes the killer's next course.

Will Lyra’s quick thinking and sharp instincts save her, or is she destined to be the final ingredient in a recipe for disaster?

Spicy suspense, a dash of humor, and a loyal pup who won’t back down—this cozy culinary mystery serves up a feast for the senses!

You’ll find a great recipe at the end of every book!

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As soon as they landed her driver collected the delivered limousine and took them straight to the contestant’s hotel. It wasn’t super fancy, but, as Lyra could attest, when you were young and struggling to find your way, a hotel that had working elevators and clean towels every day was amazing.


Not all the contestants fit into the financially challenged category. Justine Long certainly didn’t, and, according to Lyra’s agent, her parents were out for retribution. Maybe they deserved it, but from whom or what, no one seemed to know, which made things doubly upsetting—and awkward.

The police believed Justine committed suicide, so her agent sent her into the fray to do damage control. Symon played to her weakness of caring and wanting to make things right with the excuse that he was too busy.
Too busy to do his job?

Lyra swallowed her anger and slipped out of the cab after Maggie, her assistant. None of this was the contestants’ fault, and she worried how it was affecting them. 
Nodding to the concierge, who was expecting them, they hurried to the elevator and rode it to the next floor.
Maggie had arranged for the manager to let them use the conference room so Lyra could speak to the contestants together. 
Some were tearful, while others paced the room, but they were all there.
“Thanks so much for coming this morning. I know Justine’s death is a terrible thing to come to terms with, and I’m proud of you for not quitting.”
She looked at each of them, having already decided to be completely honest no matter that Symon had told her what to say. “You have every right to be upset by this and what the media are reporting about it not being an accident, despite what the police tell us.”

A dark-haired contestant sat at a table chewing her nails. “They don’t know for certain that it wasn’t,” she muttered.
“Do you know something that would prove there was foul play, Ashley? This is important. I don’t want anyone else to get hurt, and I’m sure you don’t either,” Lyra implored.

Ashley’s mouth quivered. “I only know what we all do. Justine bagged you the whole time. She was jealous of anyone who got more airtime than her, but she truly couldn’t stand you.”

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