Crimes and Confections

About the book

While her adored grandmother is taking a vacation in Italy, Sally Muccio, the baker, is swamped with tasks. Juggling her business, chasing after her young daughter, and trying to keep her eccentric parents in line, Sal can’t seem to catch a break.

To add to her already overflowing plate, Sal’s always youthful mother Maria decides to participate in the local Mrs. Buffalo beauty pageant. She enlists Sal and Josie to bake sweet treats for the audience. It promises to be an eventful day for everyone involved.

However, the beauty contest takes a dark turn when vindictive contestant Charmaine Weatherwax ruins Maria’s gown. The situation escalates when Charmaine is discovered dead in her apartment just hours later! To make matters worse, Sal’s mother is caught on camera entering the apartment shortly before the murder. Is the chaos about to unravel for the Muccio family? Sal must uncover the truth behind the murder before her mother is falsely accused and sent to prison!