THE CANDLEWICK CONFESSIONS

Nora Calloway thought she'd earned a quiet autumn in Millhaven. She was wrong.

When Cedric Whitfield - the beloved owner of Whitfield Antiques - is found dead, the town assumes it was natural causes. But when a disputed estate will surfaces, leaving everything to a Portland dealer no one has heard of, Nora's journalist instincts kick in. Something doesn't add up.

As Nora digs deeper into Cedric's world of rare maps, inherited silver, and decades-old correspondence, she uncovers a forgery scheme that stretches back further than anyone imagined - and a killer who has been hiding behind good manners and a respectable reputation for years.

With her anonymous tipster sending cryptic messages, Sheriff Pruitt cautiously on her side, and Marisol keeping the coffee strong at Crumb & Bloom, Nora has to untangle the truth before the real heir to Whitfield's estate disappears - along with the evidence.

The bread is still August's. The mystery is new.

The Candlewick Confessions is the second book in the Flour, Murder & Frosting Mysteries series - a cozy mystery set in the charming Pacific Northwest town of Millhaven, Oregon.