Series: Texts From Beyond, Book One
Genre: paranormal cozy mystery
Tropes: quirky amateur sleuth, bakery setting, grumpy ghost sidekick, small-town setting, romantic subplot, delicious baked goods
Book Description:
Sydney Farina just wanted her day off. What she got was a corpse—and texts from beyond the grave.
Sydney’s a baker and a cynic—not a ghost whisperer. But when her tyrannical boss Glenda calls her in on her day off to frost two hundred cupcakes, Sydney’s less than heartbroken when she shows up to find Glenda dead on the bakery floor.
Murder, the police say. And with Glenda’s talent for making enemies, the suspect list is longer than the line for galaxy unicorn cupcakes.
Then Sydney’s phone starts buzzing.
Find out who killed me.
The texts are coming from Glenda’s number. They know things only Glenda would know. And they’re not stopping until Sydney catches a killer.
There’s just one problem: Sydney’s idea of detective work is binge-watching true crime while eating leftover cake. She doesn’t do investigations. She definitely doesn’t do ghosts. And she really doesn’t want to end up as the next body on the bakery floor.
But when a dead woman won’t stop texting, what’s a baker to do?
Dead Messages is a cozy paranormal mystery with quirky characters, small-town secrets, and one very demanding ghost. Perfect for fans of sass, sprinkles, and sleuthing.
Kristen Brand 