**There’s something rotten in Muddlebay.** There is an outbreak of salmonella in Muddlebay and the source is traced to a local pie shop. The next day, the owner, Peter Powell, is found dead in the back of his shop.Investigating, DS Flynn Moran has to decide if Powell’s death was a terrible accident, or a deliberate act? And what about the food poisoning? Did Powell do it himself? If so, why did the owner of Powell’s Pies want to kill people?Was he hoping to take as many lives with him as possible, as he committed suicide?What on earth had the people of Muddlebay done to him to deserve such a fate? **Or was someone else behind Peter Powell’s death? Someone who wanted to frighten Muddlebay shop owners?** Wendy Cartmell is well known for her bestselling, Sgt Major Crane mysteries and more recently her DI Jo Wolfe supernatural crime thrillers. She’d always had an idea for a cozy mystery series bubbling away in the background and the result is the Muddlebay mysteries. Look out for them in eBook, audiobook and paperback. **The fifth instalment of DS Flynn Moran’s experiences in Muddlebay. Think Midsomer Murders and Murder, She Wrote, with a dollop of humour, all rolled into one. Muddlebay – where nothing much happens – apart from murder!** WHAT READERS ARE SAYING…This is a lovely series – murder and mystery tinged with the occasional humour.Nothing ever happens in Muddlebay- don’t believe it!!A great first story in the Muddlebay mysteries with a quirky detective who has been pushed out from the Met.A light hearted book with several twists to the plot, ideal holiday reading.