She was one of the most hated women in town, and now someone has finally done something about it. Fannie had a long list of enemies that she had certainly put her time into earning. Lily and her aunts are more shocked that there is a dead body in their coffee shop than to find out who it is. They’re shocked to see that on the floor of their coffee shop is Fannie Diddlemier. There is someone lying dead in their little coffee shop, and all three of them know exactly who it is. Lily has just let herself into the Coffee Cabana with her two aunts when they find something that definitely wasn’t there when they left. But what is about to happen next will surely be bad for business if it gets out. They run the popular coffee shop in town called the Coffee Cabana and are used to occupying themselves by selling a nice steaming hot cup of joe to their local friends, patrons, and customers. However, Sweet Home is not immune to bad things happening, and Lily is about to find that out firsthand for themselves. It’s a quiet place with a low crime rate and you would never expect anything bad to happen. Lily is used to living in the small town of Sweet Home, where residents are friendly to each other and not that much happens. Lily is the main character in this mystery novel where liquid black gold, a town piranha, and an iron skillet all have to factor in somehow. If you are looking for a good mystery book to cozy up with, check this one out! When Constance is not busy doing that, she can be found going to Las Vegas, her favorite destination for a vacation, or in the store shopping around for some good bargains.Ĭreamed at the Cabana is the first novel in the Sweet Home Mystery series by Constance Barker. DeBellis of the Whispering Pines Mystery series, the Mad River Mystery series, and many, many more. She is the author of the Sweet Home Mystery series, the Caesars Creek Mystery series, the Teasen and Pleasen Hair Salon series, co-author with A.J. She would enjoy trying to figure out who the character responsible would be and would sometimes be right! However, other times she would be surprised at who the author thought the assailant was.Ĭonstance is now all grown up and enjoying writing mysteries herself. Her grandmother would often give her a particularly interesting mystery to read.

Constance has been reading since she was young, and always loved mysteries. Perhaps it was destined that she should go on to write cozy mystery novels herself. Constance loves standing in her screen porch area at home, where she can take in a variety of activity that goes on in the forest. The author is married to her husband and they reside in the Midwest along with their two Akitas. Constance Barker is an American published author of fictional novels.

Murder at Stake by Constance Barker