Murder and a Dahlia

In Sunrise City, the donuts are divine, the competition is cutthroat, and murder is the freshest ingredient. My flower stand is budding, and my dahlia garden is blooming beautifully. There's even a baking reality show being filmed at the local donut shop-icing on the cake, or so I thought. When one of the contestants turns up dead, things start to wilt fast. With my friend Rose newly planted on the show's crew, we start digging into the thorny list of suspects: intense judges and cutthroat contestants alike. Everyone seems to have something to hide behind the hedges. Just when I think I've stemmed the chaos, my past sprouts up. The charming con man I was hiding from returns like an unwelcome weed, begging for help solving his brother's suspicious death-one he thinks is rooted in my world. Grandma Sharon is back from her RV road trip with stories and sass in full bloom, and this case is shaping up to be anything but a breezy walk through the dahlias. Armed with my gardening gloves, a sharp eye for detail, and a nosy German Shepherd named Ladybug who always sniffs out the truth, I'm ready to prune down the suspect list. Grab your apron and dig into a delicious (and deadly) baking competition and a mystery that'll leave you guessing until the very last petal.