C. A. Phipps

Doughnuts and Disaster

Maddie's best friend could die...

Maddie’s baked jelly doughnuts for Angel’s salon for a year. Out of the blue, the order is canceled. 

This is the first sign that things aren’t right for the doughnut loving hairdresser. The second is when Angel's abusive ex-husba ...

Category Mystery-Cozy
Honey Cake and Homicide

Wedding singer blues, one deadly kiss, and a cake fatality!

Excited to finally wed her childhood sweetheart, Maddie’s plans for the day suddenly take a horrible turn when a body is found in the most unlikely place.

This spectacular whodunnit has Maddie, Big Red, G ...

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Sweet Saboteur

A Cozy Café nightmare! Hounded by deadly gossip, Scarlett's determined not to give in to the pressure to close the family business and she’ll do anything to turn things around and give her sisters a better life. Anything, except murder! The shocking death points to the café as the likely cause an ...

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Bagels and Blackmail

Petnapping in Maple Falls!

Big Red is more than a pet…

… so much more.

It turns out that he’s not the only pet taken, which is a catastrophe for the owners who, like Maddie, cons ...

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Witchy Awakening

Discovering you're a witch when your cat starts talking to you isn’t as fun as it sounds.

After the sudden death of her mother, Jessica Lavender's mediocre life as a baker takes an unexpected turn.

Forced to return to her ...

Category Mystery-Cozy
Cookies and Chaos

A puzzling death, vandalism, and a nasty scam!

Using her bakery and expertise, Madeline Flynn helps the sheriff’s twin nephews with their cookie sales—until strange things happen at the community center where they sell them. 

The danger on their doorstep can’t be ...

Category Mystery-Cozy
Sugar and Sliced

Strange noises, a boyfriend with secrets and shady dealings! In this Maple Lane Mystery prequel, Maddie’s in Manhattan working for her friend's family bakery. When a body lands at her feet, her world is changed forever! 

Category Mystery-Cozy
Apple Pie and Arsenic

Old enemies, Spring Festival, an angry ex, and a baker with skills outside the kitchen! Maddie returned home to help her ailing Gran, but instead she opened the bakery of her dreams. Dreams which become a nightmare when she stumbles upon a body at Spring Festival. The sheriff, who happens to be h ...

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Eclairs and Extortion

Marriage, Menace, and Murder!

Is it just coincidence that a body turns up in the park the same day Maddie’s mom arrives in Maple Falls?

And who is the dark stranger wandering the streets of her hometown?

Preparations for a surprise seventieth birthday cele ...

Category Mystery-Cozy
Fudge and Frenemies

Murderous Friend or Foe?

When Maddie accompanies her Gran on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to London, she never imagined what awaited them.

The run-down castle her mom and stepfather own is targeted by someone who makes it clear that newcomers aren’t welcome.

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Category Mystery-Cozy
Gingerbread and Gunshots

What does a bride-to-be and a killer have in common?

When the friend responsible for getting Maddie her first baking job comes to visit, it turns out she's bringing a mess of trouble to town.

As fond of her as Big Red is, the large Maine coon senses something is a ...

Category Mystery-Cozy