The Tea Room at Penberth Cove: Book 1 of Cornish Clifftop Mysteries

A burnt-out city chef. A clifftop Cornish tea room. A forty-year-old secret worth killing for...When Michelin-trained pastry chef Nora Pendelton leaves her toxic London job to inherit her late Gran Flo's beloved Blue Bramble Tea Room, she expects a quiet life of baking saffron scones and gazing at the iron-grey Atlantic. But the sleepy coastal village of Penberth Cove has other plans.Nora barely has time to unpack before she is slapped with a massive, impossible eviction debt by greedy corporate developers. But when the ruthless Vice-Chair of the Harbour Trust turns up dead at the bottom of the treacherous Smuggler's Leap cliffs poisoned by a deadly local botanical Nora realizes the village's idyllic facade is hiding some deeply sinister secrets.To clear her grandmother's name and save the tea room from the bulldozers, Nora must trade her piping bags for detective work. Teaming up with her former flame, the brooding local Detective Inspector Tristan Tregowan, Nora dives into a forty-year-old financial conspiracy that someone in the cove is perfectly willing to kill to keep buried.With a cast of eccentric locals, an autumn gale brewing on the horizon, and a calculated murderer closing in, Nora will need more than just her sharp culinary instincts to survive.The Tea Room at Penberth Cove is a delightful, atmospheric cozy mystery packed with mouth-watering bakes, Cornish charm, and a splash of second-chance romance. Perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke, Richard Osman, and The Great British Bake Off.