The Whey Station

A midnight gas leak. A missing corporate whistleblower. And a sourdough starter that holds the key to an international conspiracy.

Retired chemistry professor turned artisan baker Clara B. Miller is back in The Whey Station, the ninth installment of the Maple Falls Mystery series. Clara is used to managing the temperamental hydration percentages of her signature Dutch Rye, but when an international corporate empire decides her kitchen is a liability, the heat in Maple Falls reaches a boiling point.

When an executive from the corrupt Verdanta Group flees to Clara's bakery in the dead of night, she brings a terrifying timeline: a poisoned agricultural rollout is ahead of schedule, and the local supply chain is the first target. But before Clara can extract the full truth, a sabotaged gas line threatens to turn the Periodic Table Bakery into ash.

With the FBI closing in and a local sheriff tracking a midnight shadow, Clara must use her sharp scientific mind to anchor the evidence before it's erased.

The countdown has begun, and the bread doesn't stop for corporate conspiracies.

If you love analytical amateur sleuths, small-town Vermont grit, and a culinary mystery with a sharp, intellectual edge, you won't be able to put down the conclusion of the Maple Falls series!