Death by Dumpling (Paperback)

Juli Mason hired Bertie the Bag Lady, living in the alley behind Snips and Snails, out of desperation.

It was a smooth move.

Who knew Bertie would clean up so well?
… Or that she was in actual fact, a Sous Chef with serious skills in the kitchen?

But the star Cook of Snips and Snails Café is not all she is.

When the Hat River in Veil Falls coughs up a wrecked Cadillac Sedan beneath the Fae Road Bridge and Bertie Faints at the news...Juli smells a mystery...

Perhaps it's the body they found floating on the floor of the front seat, or the second in the back.
Is it murder most foul, or an unfortunate accident? And why do all the clues point to Bertie?

Add in the rude new birdwatchers that have checked into Lovelace resort, and the discovery of what was once missing...
Is Bertie's strange behavior and the guest's unexpected arrival all just an odd coincidence?

There's something strange going on in Veil Falls. It's up to Juli Mason to solve the case...or the results could just be murder.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙎𝙖𝙮: 

“𝙀𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩.”

“𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙧, 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘…”

“𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙯𝙮 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚.”

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙩!”

“𝘼𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙣!”

“𝘼 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚-𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩.”

“𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥.”

“𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜.”

“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚.”

“𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣.”

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.”

“𝘼 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚.”

“𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘, 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮, 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙩.”

“𝘼 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙯𝙮 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚-𝙛𝙪𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚.”