Crimes and Confections

From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes the next sinfully sweet Cookies & Chance mystery!
With her beloved grandmother on vacation in Italy, baker Sally Muccio has her hands full. Between running a business, running after her toddler daughter, and running to keep her crazy parents out of trouble, Sal can't seem to catch a break.
Adding to her overload, Sal's ever youthful mother Maria decides to enter the local Mrs. Buffalo beauty pageant, and she elects Sal and Josie to provide sweet treats for the audience. It's sure to be an exciting day for all involved.
But when vengeful contestant Charmaine Weatherwax sabotages Maria's gown, the beauty contest quickly turns into an ugly affair. Hours later, Charmaine is found dead in her apartment! To make matters worse, Sal's mom is caught on a surveillance camera entering the woman's apartment shortly before her death. Are the chaos cookies about to hit the fan for the Muccio clan? Sal will need to find the real killer before her mother's sent up the river without her stilettos!
Recipes Included!
What critics are saying:
"A fantastic cozy mystery!"
~ InD'Tale Magazine
"I want to visit more with all of the quirky characters just to see what crazy and outrageous things they will do next!"
~ Fresh Fiction
"The Cookies and Chance Mystery series is more than just a series....it's a family !! Once you read the first book, you are hooked and feel like a member of the crazy Muccio family."
~ Cozy Mystery Book Reviews