A Dusting of Doubt: A Cafe Crimes Cozy Mystery Book 12

by Simone Stier

Genres: Mystery; Craft & Hobby Cozy Mysteries; Culinary Cozy Mysteries; Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

A cold case. A buried truth. And a mystery Parker was never meant to reopen.

Parker thought she could handle the cozy chaos of back-to-school season, Maggie’s wedding, Whit’s new history podcast and Hazel and Renee’s dessert rivalry. But when Chief Buck Tucker asks for her help solving a fifteen-year-old cold case, the usual bustle takes a much darker turn.

Beloved photography teacher Rainey Bishop vanished without a trace. Now her remains have been found, and her grandmother believes Parker may be the only one willing to uncover the truth the town has tried to bury.

As Parker digs through dusty yearbooks, tangled timelines and long-held secrets, she finds herself at the center of a mystery that refuses to stay cold—and a town that would rather forget the past than face what really happened.

In Magnolia Grove, the past can leave behind a dusting of doubt.

A Dusting of Doubt is a humorous cozy mystery with coffee shop charm, small-town secrets and a sharp amateur sleuth with a true-crime past.

Perfect for fans of Cleo Coyle, Ellie Alexander and Tonya Kappes.

All books in the series can be read as standalones.

Welcome to Magnolia Grove, where the coffee is hot, the gossip is fresh and every visit feels a little like coming home.

Love the small-town charm of Magnolia Grove? Head to the coast for more mystery in Simone Stier’s Cape Fear Bookshop Mysteries, starting with Stacked in Suspicion.

Release date: September 9, 2025

Publisher: Independently published

Print pages: 238