Baking Bad: A Cozy Mystery (With Dragons)

Baking Bad: A Cozy Mystery (With Dragons)

by Kim M M Watt
Baking Bad: A Cozy Mystery (With Dragons)

Baking Bad: A Cozy Mystery (With Dragons)

by Kim M M Watt

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Overview

A tranquil village.

A poisoned cupcake.

A murdered vicar.

A simple case - or it should be. But all clues point to the Toot Hansell Women's Institute, and Detective Inspector Adams is about to discover there's much more to the W.I. than just bake sales and jam making.

Alice Martin, RAF Wing Commander (Ret.), and current chair of the Women's Institute, knows the ladies of the W.I. are not guilty. But she has a bigger problem. Toot Hansell has a large and dragonish secret, and she needs to keep the police well away from it. Plus she'd really rather not be arrested for murder. Again.

Meanwhile, Beaufort Scales, High Lord of the Cloverly dragons and survivor of the days of knights and dragon hunts, knows even better than Alice that the modern dragon only survives as long as no one knows they exist. But he also knows friends don't let friends face murder inquiries alone. Beaufort fully intends to Get Involved.

This investigation is about to take on dragonish proportions.

Best put the kettle on...

A funny cozy mystery (with dragons), for anyone that likes their mysteries British, gentle, and well-stocked with cake, tea, and friendship. And dragons, obviously.

Baking Bad is the laughter-steeped first book in The Beaufort Scales series of cozy mysteries (with dragons). If you like casually profane heroines, whimsical shenanigans, and stories that give you wings, then you'll love Kim M. Watt's enchanting tale.

Buy Baking Bad to whip up a recipe for murder today!

Note: This cozy mystery contains:

  • no graphic violence
  • no sex
  • no strong language; however it does contain some blasphemous language
  • but there are copious quantities of cake and tea. You may need supplies.

  • Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9781999303730
    Publisher: Kim Watt
    Publication date: 11/02/2018
    Series: Beaufort Scales Mystery , #1
    Pages: 304
    Sales rank: 97,075
    Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.68(d)

    About the Author

    Hello lovely people! I'm Kim, and I write funny, magical books that offer a little escape from the serious stuff in the world and leave you smiling. They're about tea-drinking dragons solving mysteries in sleepy Yorkshire villages, and baking-obsessed reapers setting up baby ghoul petting cafes, and ladies of a certain age joining the Apocalypse on their Vespas. They're about friendship, and loyalty, and lifting each other up, and will let you step outside of life as we know it for a little. Most of all, they'll remind you that life, and people (of all sorts of descriptions) can be very wonderful indeed. There are also snarky cats, because that's how cats are, and not even magical books can change that. But we love them anyway, right? Right. *Eyes the Little Furry Muse apprehensively.* Originally from New Zealand, I've lived and worked in various (usually warm) countries around Europe, the Pacific and the Caribbean. I've been writing since before I could do joined-up letters, and with any luck my stories have improved, even if my handwriting has actually become worse. Seriously, it's like secret code. I currently live in France with my very understanding SO and the Little Furry Muse (Layla), who inspires the ruder - sorry - more majestic cats in my stories. I read a lot, write a lot, and consume far too much tea and cake to be healthy. I'd love to hear from you with with your thoughts, comments, favourite cake recipes, story ideas (I take requests), or just to say hi!

    Table of Contents

    1 Miriam. 1

    2 DI Adams 13

    3 Mortimer 25

    4 Alice 39

    5 Miriam. 55

    6 Mortimer 69

    7 DI Adams 81

    8 Alice 93

    9 Miriam. 107

    10 Mortimer 119

    11 DI Adams 133

    12 Miriam. 145

    13 Alice 159

    14 Mortimer 173

    15 DI Adams 187

    16 Miriam. 203

    17 Mortimer 217

    18 Alice 229

    19 Miriam. 243

    20 DI Adams 257

    21 Mortimer 269

    22 Alice 283

    23 DI Adams 295

    Recipes 309

    Scones 311

    Banana Bread 313

    Victoria Sponge 315

    Lemon Drizzle Cake 317

    Gluten-Free Lemon Tart 319

    Author’s Notes 321

    Acknowledgements 323

    About the author 325

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