Olivia Faulkner Mysteries Series

This is a short story that can be read as a stand-alone or as a prologue to the Olivia Faulkner Mysteries series. It is shorter than the rest of the books in the series which are all novellas. Olivia planned on a summer roadtrip across the country, but she ends up stuck in her childhood home in Grand Arbor Township when her camper van breaks down. Good thing there's a $1000 grand prize in this year's Grand Arbor Cherry Festival Pie Baking Contest... The problem is--somebody is determined to make sure nobody wins. Can Olivia find out who's sabotaging the contest or will this year be the last cherry festival in Grand Arbor? Books in the Olivia Faulkner Mysteries series: A Pie To Vie For (Book 0.5) Maple Syrup And Murder (Book 1) Dead As A Donut (Book 2) Raspberry Tart Revenge (Book 3) Tea Time Treachery (Book 4) more titles to be announced soon!

Business at Olivia Faulkner's family café is finally picking up, but when she stumbles on a dead businessman holding a box of her donuts, she is thrown headfirst into another murder investigation. Meanwhile, there is a new lifestyle mall in Grand Arbor that is driving family-owned shops like hers out of business. Armed with the help of three gossipy old ladies, her mischievous cat, and an old love, Olivia sets out to solve the mystery. On top of all this, Olivia has to juggle sleuthing, baking, and her daughter's interview to get into a prestigious private school. Can she find the killer before her life in Grand Arbor crumbles to pieces? Books in the Olivia Faulkner Mysteries series: A Pie To Vie For (Book 0.5) Maple Syrup And Murder (Book 1) Dead As A Donut (Book 2) Raspberry Tart Revenge (Book 3) Tea Time Treachery (Book 4) more titles to be announced soon!

Olivia Faulkner's life is Grand Arbor is finally looking up. Cheesecakes are flying out of her online store faster than she can bake them and her daughter, Vi is one step closer to her dreams of going to Harvard. When an admissions officer at Vi's new school winds up dead, all of Olivia's plans begin to unravel. To complicate things further, while investigating the murder, Olivia makes a startling discovery about the disappearance of her sister. Can Olivia solve the murder and find the truth behind the decades old family mystery, or will she become the next victim?

A Pie to Vie For Olivia planned on a summer road trip across the country, but she ends up stuck in her childhood home in Grand Arbor Township when her camper van breaks down.   Good thing there's a $1000 grand prize in this year's Grand Arbor Cherry Festival Pie Baking Contest... The problem is--somebody is determined to make sure nobody wins. Can Olivia find out who's sabotaging the contest or will this year be the last cherry festival in Grand Arbor? Maple Syrup and Murder All Olivia Faulkner wanted when she left Chicago and returned to her childhood home in Grand Arbor was a fresh start and a safer life for her daughter, Vi.   But when a professor is murdered with a poisoned maple bacon pastry from her family café, Olivia Faulkner must dive deep into a murder investigation and solve the mystery. With the help of her daughter, an old flame, and the nosy old ladies who stitch and gossip at the café, can she catch the real killer before gossip spreads through tiny Grand Arbor and her business is ruined? Dead as a Donut Business at Olivia Faulkner's family café is finally picking up, but when she stumbles on a dead businessman holding a box of her donuts, she is thrown headfirst into another murder investigation. Meanwhile, there is a new lifestyle mall in Grand Arbor that is driving family-owned shops like hers out of business.   Armed with the help of three gossipy old ladies, her mischievous cat, and an old love, Olivia sets out to solve the mystery. On top of all this, Olivia has to juggle sleuthing, baking, and her daughter's interview to get into a prestigious private school.   Can she find the killer before her life in Grand Arbor crumbles to pieces? Raspberry Tart Revenge Olivia Faulkner's life is Grand Arbor is finally looking up. Cheesecakes are flying out of her online store faster than she can bake them and her daughter, Vi is one step closer to her dreams of going to Harvard. When an admissions officer at Vi's new school winds up dead, all of Olivia's plans begin to unravel.   To complicate things further, while investigating the murder, Olivia makes a startling discovery about the disappearance of her sister. Can Olivia solve the murder and find the truth behind the decades old family mystery, or will she become the next victim?

All Olivia Faulkner wanted when she left Chicago and returned to her childhood home in Grand Arbor was a fresh start and a safer life for her daughter, Vi.   But when a professor is murdered with a poisoned maple bacon pastry from her family café, Olivia Faulkner must dive deep into a murder investigation and solve the mystery.  With the help of her daughter, an old flame, and the nosy old ladies who stitch and gossip at the café, can she catch the real killer before gossip spreads through tiny Grand Arbor and her business is ruined? OLIVIA FAULKNER MYSTERIES A Pie To Vie For (Book 0.5) Maple Syrup And Murder (Book 1) Dead As A Donut (Book 2) Raspberry Tart Revenge (Book 3) Tea Time Treachery (Book 4) more titles to be announced soon!