When Nora is tasked with judging a pie-baking contest, one of the contestants is left pucker-faced when she dies under mysterious circumstances.


My name is Nora Black, and at fifty-seven, I've learned that life—like key lime pie—is equal parts sweet and tart. Business is booming, my best friends are living their best lives, and I am in a great place in my own relationship. In other words, I've never been happier.

Things are finally settling down after that whole murder-on-the-high-seas business, and I haven't been asked to help on a single police investigation for over a year . . . that is, until I agree to judge the brand-new annual Key Lime Pie Baking Contest.

Big mistake. Huge. When a contestant ends up more than just pucker-faced by keeling over after the contest ends, my no-murder streak curdles fast.

Is it an accident? A prank gone horribly wrong? Or did someone stir up a recipe for fresh-squeezed murder?

My psychic nose is whipping up memories that are equal parts sweet, sour, and deadly, and I'll have to sniff out a killer before someone else gets served up cold.


A delightfully tartly, twisty cozy mystery from USA Today bestselling author Renee George. Featuring a sassy, middle-aged heroine with a nose for trouble, strong friendships, lake resort town charm, and a murder that's anything but sugarcoated.