Scooped, there it is...Dead

Just when Penelope thought the stickiest thing in her life was toffee...her best friend, Claire, finds a dead body in her candy store.

Claire bursts into Penelope's boutique, pale and shaking-she's just found candy supplier, Dennis Granger, lying dead in Sweet Retreat's storeroom. To make things worse, someone wearing Penelope's boutique-branded scarf was spotted leaving the scene.

With Mabel, Caleb's police dog, and Teo, her Teacup Chihuahua, at her side, she starts digging for the truth.

Dennis had been blackmailing Claire over an old scandal. Blaine Hanson, investment partner-gone-wrong and Trisha, a rival confectioner might have wanted him gone for good.

The deeper she digs, the more dangerous it gets-anonymous notes, candy-coated threats, and planted evidence meant to frame her. Someone's watching Penelope's every move.

If she can't unwrap the truth in time, she'll be the next one boxed up...and its doubtful there'll be a bow on top.

This clean, cozy mystery with plenty of twists and turns is sure to warm your animal loving heart to the last page.