Murder as Sticky as Jam by Diana Orgain

Author:Diana Orgain
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: murder mystery, female sleuth, craft, cooking, baking, private investigator, funny books for women, funny mystery
Publisher: Diana Orgain
Published: 2018-02-05T16:00:00+00:00

He hung up so abruptly Mona was left momentarily stunned.

I’m an idiot, she moaned.

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For several days after the showdown at the bakery, Mona dreaded answering her phone. The town rumor mill was in full force, and Mrs. Fletcher wouldn’t stop calling. Mona didn’t want to speak with her, not after Lacey accused of her of prying into her marriage. It wasn’t difficult for Mona to conclude who had told Lacey about her inquiries.

When Mona did pick up the phone, she was subjected to being berated by her family members for Leo questioning Stewart. To Mona’s dismay, she soon discovered that all her cousins rallied around Stewart believing her to be an arsonist. An aunt on her mother’s side had even gone so far as to accuse her of cheating Stewart out of the loan and now trying to pin the arson of the shop on him.

Mona’s nerves were raw, and she felt completely alone. Her best friend was basically MIA love-shaking with Alexander the traitor, her cousins had abandoned her, and the entire town thought the worst of her. Leo hadn’t called her since she’d turned down his offer to go the reception with him and then the fact, that Lacey somehow had gotten hold of Mona’s recipe was the crushing blow.

Mona holed up in her house for days, eating junk food, and binge watching an entire eight mind-numbing seasons of Zombie in Hollywood.

Finally, the Friday of the reception rolled around, and Mona stewed about attending. She decided and un-decided so many times that she made herself dizzy.

The phone rang, but Mona didn’t recognize the caller I.D. She picked it up cautiously and was pleasantly surprised to hear Stephanie Tyndall on the other end.

“Hey there. I was just calling to check up on you,” Stephanie said. “I read in the paper about your argument with Lacey, and I wanted to let you know you’re not alone.”

Mona grimaced. “There was another article about me?”

Lacey laughed. “Oh, sorry! I thought you knew.”

“What did it say this time?”

“The usual garbage. It said you made a grieving widow cry at her bakery.”

“Ugh. She didn’t cry! And to the tell truth, she doesn’t seem all that grieving to me!”

“I know,” Lacey agreed. “I think she’s more relieved that Colin’s gone, than anything.”

Mona fumed all over again to think of that day at the bakery. “I might have gotten a little shrill with her, but she deserves it. She stole my jam recipes!”

“She what?”

Before Mona could repeat herself, Stephanie added. “She stole my gluten-free recipes too! That’s why I quit.”

“You quit?”

“Oh, I know. She likes to tell everyone she fired me. But the truth is, she was selling catering gigs, using my recipes and not giving me any credit. I finally consulted an attorney. And while I couldn’t copyright my recipes, he was able to find a loophole that prevented her from using them for anything other than personal use.”

“Ah!” Mona cried. “That’s why she had to change the recipe!”

“What?”

“She was going to cater my opening, but then told me she had to change the recipes to some garbanzo bean or fava.

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