A Doomful of Sugar

by Catherine Bruns

Overview

First in the new Maple Syrup cozy mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns.

There's nothing sweet about murder…

Leila Khoury has always believed that everyone loved her father as much as they loved his artisanal maple syrup. But when he's killed, and she returns to Sugar Ridge, Vermont to take over his business, she starts to realize how much of his life she's left untapped.

With her brother under suspicion, her mother just barely holding it together, and police not producing any leads, Leila will have to investigate herself if she wants answers about her father's sticky end. But the more she learns, the more she worries that there won't be a sappy ending to the story.

A cozy mystery perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke, this edition includes 5 delicious maple recipes for mystery readers with a sweet tooth!

What readers are saying about A Doomful of Sugar:

"There's no shortage of twists and turns"

"Memorable characters, a charming setting...a well-plotted mystery"

"Developed characters, a strong plotline, and a few red herrings"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728253930
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	10/25/2022
Series:	Maple Syrup Mysteries , #1
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	123,710
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 4.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns lives in Upstate New York with an all-male household that consists of her very patient husband, three sons, and several spoiled pets. Catherine has a B.A. in both English and Performing Arts and is a former newspaper reporter and press release writer. In her spare time, she loves to bake, read, and attend live theater performances. Over the past five years, she’s written fifteen mystery novels plus several novellas and has many more stories waiting to be told. Readers are invited to visit her website at www.catherinebruns.net

Editorial Reviews

"A Doomful of Sugar is a delightfully decadent maple infused mystery to die for! Bruns pens a smart multi-layered puzzler in this first in a series that is sure to become a reader favorite!" — Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author

"A welcome addition to the cozy genre." — Dru's Book Musings

"A likable protagonist and a sweet-as-maple-syrup setting are just part of the appeal. A Doomful of Sugar is more than a mystery, it's an engaging tale about family and the twisted paths that lead us home." — Julie Mulhern, USA Today bestselling author of the Country Club Murders

"Filled with food, family and murder, first in series, A Doomful of Sugar by Catherine Bruns is a Vermont-set winner." — Lynn Cahoon, New York Times bestselling author of Secrets in the Stacks, A Survivors' Book Club mystery

From the Publisher

2022-07-27
The owner of a Vermont maple farm seeks her father’s killer.

Leila Khoury’s life isn’t going exactly according to plan. Her arranged marriage to fellow Lebanese American Mark Salem was called off by the groom a month before the wedding. Her move to Florida, where she’d hoped to find comfort teaching a class full of bright, eager Orlando kindergarteners, was a bust: The job was filled before she arrived, leaving her only a position teaching mouthy, privileged ninth graders at a private school. A brief trip home following her father’s murder provides an unexpected twist. Instead of the anticipated 50-50 division of her father’s asserts between Leila and her younger brother, Simon is left only Victor Khoury’s personal property, while Leila, always her father’s favorite, is put in charge of Sappy Endings, the family farm. Jessica Fowler, who runs the farm’s cafe, seems helpful enough, but Noah Rivers is another story. Apart from Jessica, Noah is the farm’s sole employee, handling the tapping, sugaring, and sales. He’d hoped to buy the business, but Victor refused to sell. Now Noah’s set on showing Leila that he’s much better positioned than she is to run the business. To hell with the Sunshine State: Leila needs to stay on and prove to the handsome jack-of-all-trades that she knows as much about Sappy Endings as he does. She also needs to do a little sleuthing to find out who killed her much-loved and respected dad.

Follows the formula to a T. The farm’s name says it all.

Kirkus Reviews