Chef Maurice and the Bunny-Boiler Bake Off — J.A. Lang

They say all's Fayre in love and baking...

Spring has sprung, the bunting is up, and for the residents of the little Cotswold village of Beakley, this can only mean one thing: it's time for the Beakley Spring Fayre.

Drawing the crowds this year is stiletto-strutting celebrity chef Miranda Matthews, a woman for whom making enemies is a piece of (shop-bought) cake. And one of them is lurking around the Fayre, ready to make sure Miranda hangs up her apron -- for good.

Faced with a murderer with a possible penchant for top(ping) chefs, Chef Maurice must sift through the clues and weigh up the suspects -- not to mention contending with a sous-chef with mummy issues, a food critic on a diet, and a bulletproof pudding -- as he finds himself on the trail of a killer who's not cooking by the rules...