Strawberry Cream Murder: a Donut Hole Cozy Mystery - book 1

Authors: Gillard, Susan

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“she wondered. Maybe. But it’s not like cyanide was a recreational drug. No, cyanide was for one purpose only: poisoning something. Or someone. So if that’s what you were planning on doing, and you were just an average person, you would have to make your own cyanide. The pits or seeds of certain fruits—apples, cherries, almonds—could be crushed in order to release cyanide. Then, all you would have to do was get your victim to ingest that much bitter-tasting powder without realizing it. In t...he back of her mind, she heard a voice saying, I don’t like too much sugar. I want to taste the ingredients that are in the cream, not just the sugar alone. That’s it! she thought. The filling in a strawberry cream donut would be the perfect way to disguise the bitter taste. You could just put in as much extra sugar as you needed. After all, people expected the cream to be sweet.She pounded her fists on her chair arms in frustration. But the cyanide hadn’t been in the donut.The chimes of a grandfather clock sounded through the house as someone rang the doorbell. But she wasn’t expecting anybody. She went to the front of the house and pushed the curtain at the front window aside just a little. It was Michelle, holding a paper bag with the words Donut Delights and the shop’s logo printed on it. Heather swung the door open. “Hey, Michelle. Come on in.” Michelle stepped inside. As Heather closed the door behind her, she held up the bag. “I brought a couple of those Southern Pecan Pie donuts we had left over.” “Mmm, I love those,”MoreLess Read More Read Less