Rory Lane’s café is her whole world, the scones, the regulars, the green door on Main Street she opens every morning at six. Then a customer dies at the Business Association mixer, and suddenly her kitchen is a crime scene, her café is closed, and the whole town is looking at her sideways.

The police say it was the food. Rory knows her food. Something doesn’t add up, not the timeline, not the delivery records, and definitely not the initials scrawled on a supplier slip that shouldn’t exist. Armed with a blue notebook, a retired accountant’s eye for numbers, and a baker’s instinct for when something’s off, Rory follows a trail of honey, paper, and silence through the quiet streets of Willowbrook, where everyone has secrets, favours always have strings, and the most dangerous person in town is the one nobody notices.

Perfect for fans of Agatha Raisin, the Peridale Café series, and anyone who believes the details always matter.