When the town bully's antique sleigh trots into the village square with a cracked bell ringing and no driver, the annual Bell Night parade comes to a frosty, fatal halt. To save her beloved inn's reputation, a local cook must figure out how a dead man just led the holiday procession.

Welcome to Hushcomb, the snowy setting of this new hampshire cozy mystery. Hen Pettibone is finally putting her own name on her food at the Crooked Mitten Inn, but her season goes ice-cold when Cyrus Hapgood is found dead at his sugarhouse. As the state police arrive—led by the handsome Detective Felix Arsenault—Hen realizes the clues are as tangled as a winter harness. Teaming up with her loyal sidekick Dewey, she digs into a village full of hidden ledgers, secret land deals, and old grudges.

From the jingling trails of Steeple Hill to a suspicious pot of maple cream, this innkeeper sleuth christmas adventure tests all of Hen's baker's intuition. She must untangle the lies and solve a perfectly plotted culinary cozy mystery before a killer ruins the holidays.

• A clean amateur sleuth mystery featuring a smart baker, a Belgian draft mare named Butterbean, and mouthwatering maple recipes.
• Told in alternating chapters by our two narrators, giving you a wonderful dual narrator cozy mystery experience as Hen and Dewey track the clues.
• A true small town holiday mystery packed with lantern rides, snowy meadows, and quirky suspects.
• A sweet, slow-burn romance with a handsome detective (clean, with a guaranteed happily-ever-after).
• The perfect christmas cozy mystery audiobook with a fair-play puzzle that will keep you guessing until the very end.