Bagels and Blackmail: A Small Town Culinary Cozy Mystery

Maddie Flynn thought life in Maple Falls would be simple—running her small-town bakery, spoiling her beloved Maine Coon, Big Red, and spending time with her quirky Gran. But when Big Red is petnapped, Maddie’s world crumbles. And he’s not the only one—other cats and dogs in town have gone missing, too.

Just when Maddie starts digging into the mystery, a body is discovered behind her bakery. With the police—including her ex, the town sheriff—focused on the murder, the missing pets are forgotten. Maddie knows animals are family, and she refuses to give up the search.

With a cast of loyal friends, a dash of kitchen magic, and more than a few whisker-twitching clues, Maddie sets out to solve both crimes before the killer—or the thief—strikes again.

🐾 Perfect for fans of culinary cozy mysteries, small-town whodunits, and cat mysteries with a sprinkle of humor and heart. If you love amateur sleuths who bake up clues as well as cookies, you’ll devour the Maple Lane Mysteries!

Each book contains an easy recipe or two.

The Maple Lane Mysteries

Sugar and Sliced - A Maple Lane Prequel

Book 1 Apple Pie and Arsenic

Book 2 Bagels and Blackmail

Book 3 Cookies and Chaos

Book 4 Doughnuts and Disaster

Book 5 Eclairs and Extortion

Book 6 Fudge and Frenemies

Book 7 Gingerbread and Gunshots

Book 8 Honey Cake and Homicide - out now!

5* "Good series if you just need to switch off from reality and escape!"

"Enjoyed this book, very engaging and hard to put down. Had to finish it all at once, not easy to stop at any spot besides the ending!" - KC

“I am so enjoying the Maple Lane Mysteries. I love the fact of Maddie, the main character, is a strong young woman. I also love that she is very close to her 70-year-old grandmother who raised her and is still very close to her friends. Such a good cozy mystery.”

“This was fantastic! This story was really good and involved and yes lots of cooking and snooping, oh yes and murder and kidnapping!” - Jean