Scone Cold Dead - (Country Store Mystery) by Maddie Day (Paperback)

About the Book

"Robbie is just weeks away from giving birth. While her husband Abe scrambles to get the house ready for their baby's arrival, Robbie makes last minute arrangements to keep her shop and restaurant, Pans 'N Pancakes, up and running when she's on maternity leave. And it seems Robbie and Abe aren't the only ones grappling with anxiety--a stranger is causing a stir in town and Robbie's Aunt Adele appears unusually preoccupied at the baby shower. But when someone finds a body in the ram field on Adele's sheep farm, it's Robbie's turn to be worried"--

Book Synopsis

After a body is found in a local farmer's field, country store and café owner Robbie Jordan suspects that a newcomer in South Lick, Indiana, may not be a stranger to everyone in town . . .

Robbie is just weeks away from giving birth. While her husband Abe scrambles to get the house ready for their baby's arrival, Robbie makes last minute arrangements to keep her shop and restaurant, Pans 'N Pancakes, up and running when she's on maternity leave. And it seems Robbie and Abe aren't the only ones grappling with anxiety--a stranger is causing a stir in town and Robbie's Aunt Adele appears unusually preoccupied at the baby shower . . .

But when someone finds a body in the ram field on Adele's sheep farm, it's Robbie's turn to be worried. Especially after Chief Buck Bird uncovers a troubling link between Adele and the possible murder victim. Robbie has no choice but to knit the clues together and solve this mystery before anything else gets flocked up . . .

Review Quotes

Praise for Maddie Day's Country Store Mysteries

"Readers can't get enough of these fleecy thrillers set at country stores." --The Boston Globe

"The literary equivalent of comfort food." --Mystery Scene Magazine

"Always entertaining." --Criminal Element on Four Leaf Cleaver

"This mystery is as fresh and new as the first in series...The ending was explosive, exciting, and very satisfying, with all loose ends tied up. I highly recommend this novel and series!" --Open Book Society on Batter Off Dead

"Recipes, entertaining characters, and all of the quirkiness that abounds in South Licks make this another light-hearted and very enjoyable read." --Kings River Life Magazine on Batter Off Dead

"Another solid entry in the Country Store Mysteries." --Criminal Element on Batter Off Dead

"Intriguing." --Criminal Element on No Grater Crime

"For those of us who won't be spending the summer traveling, the next best thing is to pick up Maddie Day's latest Country Store Mystery." --CrimeReads on Nacho Average Murder

"Robbie is a sympathetic character who is surrounded by quirky, well-drawn characters." --Booklist on Strangled Eggs and Ham

"It's always fun for the reader to spend time in South Lick, Indiana, with this terrific cast of characters." --Criminal Element on Strangled Eggs and Ham

"It's always a joy to visit Pans N' Pancakes." --Fresh Fiction on Strangled Eggs and Ham

"With a small-town atmosphere and a spunky heroine this is the perfect cozy mystery." --Parkersburg News & Sentinel on Strangled Eggs and Ham

About the Author

Maddie Day is the Agatha Award-winning author of the Cozy Capers Book Club Mysteries, the Country Store Mysteries, the CeCe Barton Mysteries, and the Local Foods Mysteries, as well as other series and short crime fiction written under the name Edith Maxwell. A member of Mystery Writers of America and a proud lifetime member of Sisters in Crime, she is a regular contributor at Mystery Lovers' Kitchen and belongs to the Wicked Authors, a group of bestselling authors who blog at WickedAuthors.com. Day lives with her beau and their cat Martin north of Boston, although she knows Indiana, California, and Cape Cod intimately. She is a wine enthusiast, talented amateur chef, and former farmer and can be found online at MaddieDayAuthor.com.