Battered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery

Murder is on the menu-served warm with muffins and lattes.

Alene Baron has built more than a café-she's built a community. At Whipped & Sipped, customers linger over Ruthie's decadent-but-healthy desserts, children flock to Saturday story hour, and knitting groups craft blankets for refugee families. Alene prides herself on knowing her patrons so well she can often place "a wholegrain blueberry muffin on the counter before the customer themselves knew" they wanted it.

But when her neighbor a...