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Tabitha Darling runs her dream cafe in the heart of Hobart, when she's not glamming up with her friends, perfecting the ultimate dessert, and avoiding all the local police officers who want her to feed them.She never meant to investigate a murder. Not even when a dead muso was found in her building. Not even when the cute Scottish blogger asked for her help. Not even when a string of weird trap-themed crimes spread across the city…Tabitha's world is coffee, cake and gossip. Murder was never on the menu. But as the coincidences build up around her, it's starting to feel really personal.Will she figure out the deadly truth a trifle late?

Scones, tea, and a stabbing...When Tabitha Darling entered Cafe La Femme in a reality TV show hosted by an infamous "e;bad boy"e; Chef, she never expected to end up a suspect in his murder.When Xanthippe Carides quit working in a cafe to become a private detective, she never expected one of her first cases would involve keeping Tabitha out of jail...These two friends have a mystery to solve, and only one of them is telling the whole truth.Another jam-packed cozy cafe mystery from the author of A Trifle Dead and Drowned Vanilla."e;Exactly the kind of delicious, crime-riddled confection of mystery, frocks, mouth-watering recipes, badassery and glitter I've come to expect from any story featuring Hobart chef, Tabitha Darling."e; - Narrelle M Harris