The Crime Brûlée Bake Off

Claire Walker is thrilled when she is selected to be a contestant on Britain’s Battle of the Bakers, which will be filmed at Blackfirth Park, one of England’s stately homes (and the private residence of Jonathan Ainsley, the Viscount of Colburn). Jonathan is trying to keep the estate solvent and would be just as happy if the show filming on his park did not also showcase the historical family murder from 250 years earlier, when the 10th Viscountess of Colburn was strangled and drowned in the mill pond. Alas—or as Claire would exclaim, “crepes alive”—a contestant is soon found dead in the same pond. The estate is locked down, and Claire and Jonathan are drafted into helping solve the murder. The details of the cozy mystery spin out with regular order as the pair logically identify the killer and conduct a courtship on the side, while the baking show continues apace, even as it becomes clear the contestants are in danger.