Frank Carlson Library

April Springs, North Carolina, is hosting a grand tour of extraordinary kitchens, and local donut shop owner Suzanne Hart is dying to cook up something fabulous for the event. Unfortunately, dying turns out to be the key word. A local busy body drops dead after eating one of Suzanne's famous treats, and a forensic team is soon swarming through her kitchen. But with the help of police inspector Jake Bishop and her ex-husband Max, Suzanne hopes to clear...

When Christy Blake loses one of her two cats, Midnight, and her boss in what looks like a robbery attempt at her secondhand shop, Memories and Dreams, she thinks it's the end of the world. But Midnight isn't ready to go anywhere just yet, so he comes back as a ghost cat to help her track down his killer. Clearly there is a bond between Christy and Midnight that is too strong to be broken by something as trivial as death.

"When a wicked landlord is murdered during a going-out-of-business sale in April Springs, everyone who runs a business in the strip mall he owns is a suspect, including one of Suzanne's good friends. Not only that, but there are even more folks from town who are under scrutiny as well. As Suzanne and Grace dig into the murder, they must do their best not to be the killer's next victims, too