Assaulted Caramel

Bailey King works as assistant chocolatier at JP Chocolates in New York City, and a promotion is within reach. Then her grandmother phones to say that her grandfather's heart condition has worsened, and Bailey leaves for Harvest, Ohio.

Her grandparents still run Swissmen Sweets, the Amish candy shop where she first fell for fudge and truffles. Her grandfather, Jebediah King, turns out to be in better shape than she feared. The shop kitchen holds a worse surprise: a local Englisch developer lies dead there, and Jebediah's chocolate knife is in his chest.

The police quickly treat Jebediah as their prime suspect. A deputy with chocolate-brown eyes works the case in earnest, but Bailey does not wait on him. She sets out to clear her grandfather's name herself, and the killer is clever enough to muddy the facts as she digs.

This is a cozy mystery set in an Amish community, with a candy shop as the crime scene and an amateur sleuth at the centre. The tone is light and full of sweet-shop puns, and a recipe is included.