Gingerbread Ghosts: A Maple Glade Cupcake Mystery

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Mar 2026 · Maple Glade Cupcake Mysteries Book 2 · Trivia Ape

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Just when retired pastry chef Clarissa Bellamy thinks she’s finally found peace running Aunt Vivi’s Cupcake Cottage, the Heritage Society announces its first post-scandal holiday baking contest: “Maple Glade’s Most Magical Gingerbread House.” The grand prize winner gets bragging rights, a library donation, and a feature in the town newsletter. What Clarissa doesn’t expect is the surprise return of Lila Wren—Vivi’s long-lost apprentice, whose name Clarissa helped clear months earlier—now judging the contest and hoping to reconnect with her past.

But when the towering grand-prize gingerbread house collapses during judging, revealing a hidden compartment stuffed with decades-old ledgers and a vial of digitalis, festive cheer turns icy. A prominent contestant drops dead amid the sugar shards and holiday lights—poisoned by spiked mulled cider. With snow blanketing the town square and the contest locked down, Clarissa must sift through rival bakers, Lila’s unfinished business, and a killer who’s been waiting years to bury the last traces of the Heritage Society’s old fraud—before the holiday lights go out for good.

Perfect for fans of cozy culinary mysteries, small-town amateur sleuths, baking cozies, gentle whodunits, and holiday-themed cozy mysteries. Book 2 in the Maple Glade Cupcake Mysteries series.

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