Publisher Description

When the local goddess of cake is found impaled with her own palette knife, the victim's husband is found holding the murder weapon. It's an open and shut case …… until he calls Patricia Fisher that is.With a surprising new assistant in tow, your favourite middle-aged sleuth has all the help she will need, but this case is a tough one, for everyone she suspects instantly becomes the next victim.With the village fete a week away, cooks are revving up to win the coveted best cake prize, especially now that the favourite is in the morgue. Can the killer really be one of the lovely old ladies?With president of the church council, old rival Angelica Howard-Box, stirring up trouble, Patricia has more than enough on her plate, and she'll have to solve this fast because her own cook, Mrs Pam Ellis might be next!

Author Biography

At school, the author was mostly disinterested in every subject except creative writing, for which, at age ten, he won his first award. However, calling it his first award suggests that there have been more, which there have not. Accolades may come but, in the meantime, he is having a ball writing mystery stories and crime thrillers and claims to have more than a hundred books forming an unruly queue in his head as they clamour to get out.He lives in the south-east corner of England with a duo of lazy sausage dogs. Surrounded by rolling hills, brooding castles, and vineyards, he doubts he will ever leave, the beer is just too good.

Table of Contents

1. A Death in the Village2. Murder by Palette Knife3. New Assistant4. The Post Office5. Angelica Howard-Box6. Lifeline7. Chief Inspector Quinn8. Posters9. Lunch10. Car Chase11. Assassin's Creed12. Mrs Curry13. A Bothersome Date14. Protective Custody15. Campaigners for all that is Decent16. Going to the Dogs17. The Skill of Sam18. Blackmail19. The Cake20. Agnes Barton21. Salt22. Village Archives23. Cake Mix24. Blood on the Floor25. False Alarm26. What I Forgot27. A Strange Date28. Showdown29. Nightcap30. Author's Note31. What is next for Patricia Fisher?

Review

"As usual another light hearted story situated in beautiful Kent. I love th character Patricia Fisher and all her friends. This story has twists and turns and just when you know who the murderer is, it turns out to be someone completely different. I'm definitely going to buy the next one when the author finds time during this Pandemic and birth of his new child to write it. Brilliant read and certainly one to recommend to my friends."; "I started a few month ago on the first Patricia Fisher cruise mysteries and I was hooked!"; "Love Patricia Fisher and her entourage. There is always humour along with a darn good tale. Well written with great characters and a really good plot along with an ongoing thread of a story."

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