During the frenzy of the December holidays, the last thing salon owner Marla Vail needs is a dead body slathered in a green facial mask at her new day spa. The victim, Valerie Weston, had been a major donor for Friends of Old Florida, a nonprofit historic preservation society. Marla's stylists are s
Jelly Donuts Can Be Fatal
โ Scribed by Jinty James
- Book ID
- 115248356
- Publisher
- Jinty James
- Year
- 2024
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Can Martha and Pru avoid poisoned jelly donuts and live to tell the tale?
Senior sleuth Martha, and her twenty-something roomie Pru, are keen to try the new jelly donuts at the small supermarket in Gold Leaf Valley, California. The whole town has been raving about them, and they live up to the hype.
But when the raspberry jelly is changed to apricot, a customer dies, right in the middle of eating one!
Was it murder? Or an unfortunate accident? As president of the senior sleuthing club, Martha declares they must investigate!
Along with Teddy, Martha's fluffy, white Coton de Tulear, they make a suspect list. Was it the delivery driver? The donut maker? Or the owner of the supermarket? Why would any of these people want to kill someone with a poisoned donut?
Meanwhile, Pru's romance with Jesse, the newish detective in town, starts simmering slowly, and Mrs Snuggle, Father Mike's Persian cat, has...
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