Glinda Bakery thought she had it all: a successful career, a cozy apartment, and a bright future. But when her aunt Louise dies in a freak accident in an industrial mixer, she inherits the Bakery Cakery, a charming bakery in the sleepy village of Carwinder Hole.
In Carwinder Hole, Glinda meets Bruno Gooltree, a hunky furniture maker with supernatural connections and Officer Newt Blake, a stubborn and skeptical cop who is convinced that there is more to Louise’s death than meets the eye. Officer Blake is not convinced that it was an accident and although he tries to find evidence of something more sinister, his partner, Detective Lina Lalonde, is frustrated that he keeps pursuing things that don’t exist. When the police investigate a seemingly unrelated incident, evidence is uncovered of an affair and secrets that make the circumstances surrounding Louise’s accident appear far more suspicious.