When she stumbles upon the dead body of her new client while delivering desserts at an artists' retreat, Winnie Johnson, the owner of the Emergency Dessert Squad, must whip up the clues to catch a killer. Includes recipes.

"With her rent rising faster than her pie crust, bakery owner Winnie Johnson had hoped to be rescued by an inheritance from her wealthy friend and neighbor Gertrude Redenbacher. Instead all she inherits is the widow's hostile hissing tabby, Lovey, and a vintage ambulance, restored by Gertrude's late husband. As her dream crumbles, Winnie makes her final delivery--a peach pie to an elderly widower. But she finds Bart Wagner lying on his kitchen floor,...