Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery Short Stories

Lexy Baker expected flour in her flour. Not diamonds.When a mystery bag lands on her bakery doorstep, it's packed with loose, uncut stones-and trouble. Two thugs smash in, clean her out, and steal the one thing she can't replace: her great-grandmother's handwritten recipe card.Now Lexy's out cold, the baking championship is three days away, and a very cranky diamond smuggler is convinced she pocketed part of his stash.Good thing Nans and the Ladies Detective Agency are on it-with an iPad, a bottomless purse, a mob cousin and zero patience for anyone who messes with their girl.

A dead body behind the bakery is never good for business.But somebody in Brooke Ridge Falls wanted a tacky porcelain cat badly enough to kill for it, which just proves there's no accounting for taste.Now Lexy, Nans, and the ladies are chasing clues through the town-wide yard sale weekend, where everyone's hunting bargains, nobody's telling the whole truth, and one two-dollar cat may be worth enough to turn neighbors into killers.

Who poisoned Amelia Partridge and why?Was it a greedy relative? Someone with a decades old grudge? Or was she part of a lucrative Bingo scam?Join Nans, Lexy and the gang as they investigate the suspicious holiday death of a notorious member of the Brook Ridge Retirement community.