Frying The Knot (Patty Cakes Bake Shop Cozy Mystery Series Book 4) by Holly Plum

Author:Holly Plum [Plum, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

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“Have you seen a set of keys? I think I left them here yesterday. I was in at about nine o’ clock.” The woman looked hopefully into Joy’s eyes.

“No,” Joy said slowly, a feeling of unease growing inside her. This was the third customer who’d lost something in the last few days. “We haven’t found any keys. Let me write down your number in case we do.”

The woman gave her the number to Joy and then left disappointed.

“Everyone seems to be losing it lately, am I right?” Sara Beth remarked once they’d cleared the line of their early morning customers.

“I know,” Joy said, still thinking about the missing items. “It can’t be a coincidence that three people have lost something so close to each other.” A thought occurred to her. Joy stopped in the middle of wiping down the counter.

“What is it?” Sara Beth asked, seeing her expression.

“It’s Daisy.” The answer was so clear to her.

“Daisy?”

“All the customers who reported something missing were in the bakery at the same time as Daisy.” Joy looked to Sara Beth. Old Joe had come in at the same time as Daisy that first morning, and then the woman with the keys had been in after that. Joy remembered checking the clock when the woman had walked into the bakery because she had been wondering how long Daisy was going to stick around.

Sara Beth gave Joy a pointed look. “I could see the bracelet, maybe. Okay, and the wallet would be a possibility. But what would Daisy do with a set of keys?”

“I don’t know." Joy shrugged. "But that doesn't mean she didn't steal them. Maybe Daisy is one of those people who steals things all the time…what's the word?”

"Kleptomaniac?" Sara Beth guessed.

"That's the one." Joy nodded.

“I think you’re over-reacting.” Sara Beth studied her expression. "You're clearly sleep deprived right now."

"It was just an observation." Joy went back to cleaning the counter, her confidence waning. She still thought it was too much of a coincidence for three people to have lost something in such a short time span.

The bell chimed, and Teresa stepped into the bakery. The muscles in Joy's neck relaxed a little and Sara Beth smiled warmly. It was nice to focus on the baking and just the baking for a while.

“I'm here,” Teresa said cheerfully.

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