


Scumble River, Illinois Normalton, Illinois, Echo Springs, Kansas and Shadow Bend, Missouri are fictional small towns in the Midwest. Music: Devereaux's Blues for Jazz Quartet by David Stybr (1 minutes, © 2012) Denise Swanson's charming series, set in the small Illinois town of Scumble River, is a delight." Backīibliography and Reading Group Guides Book Coversīook 2 - March 2019: Leave No Scone Unturnedīook 1 - March 2012: Little Shop of Homicideīook 2 - March 2013: Nickeled-and-Dimed to Deathīook 3 - March 2014: Dead Between the Linesīook 5 - March 2016: Between a Book and a Hard Placeīook 6 - July 2017: Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh Myīook 7 - April 2021: Fly Me to the Tomb * However after Kizzy escapes several near misses, Dev is convinced that someone in Shadow Bend has it in for the Cupcake Queen.Chicago Tribune: "With its endearing heroine, terrific cast of realistically quirky secondary characters, and generous soup�on of humor. While the medical examiner attempts to discover what killed Fallon, Kizzy declares that the show must go on. But before the first yummy cupcake is even baked, Kizzy's assistant Fallon dies from a mysterious ailment. For now, she’s excited to kick off her new line of cupcakes with a competition, which Dev has agreed to host in her shop. Kizzy Cutler finds it so delicious to be back in her hometown of Shadow Bend, Missouri, that she seems to have forgotten why she fled twenty years ago. When Devereaux “Dev” Sinclair hosts a cupcake contest at her five-and-dime store, she discovers that someone is just dying to win.
