I’m Kristie Larson and I don’t bake cupcakes. A slightly unconventional way to introduce myself, but when every person you meet asks “Do you bake the cupcakes at Callie’s Cakes?”, you learn to head people off at the pass. If I don’t make cupcakes, what do I have to do with the cupcake bakery? Callie will tell you I’m the coffee-obsess barista. I wouldn’t say obsessed. There’s nothing wrong with being a perfectionist about coffee.

I actually don’t work at the bakery full-time anymore. I can’t get away from the cupcake gals that easily, though. No, I still work at Callie’s Cakes on Saturdays. I also train all the new staff on how to use the coffee machine. I refuse to allow clients to receive sub-standard coffee. Maybe I am a little coffee-obsessed.

If I’m not in the bakery during the week, what am I up to? After six years of study, I finally graduated with my Master’s degree in Social Work and am working full-time at the Youth Center I founded. I can’t begin to explain how exciting it is to finally be working in the field I’ve always dreamed of working in.

So, what is a day in the life of Kristie Larson like? Usually my days are filled with helping the teenagers who come to the center. These teenagers are headed down the wrong path in life unless I can steer them away from it. It’s a tough job but it’s also extremely rewarding.

Lately, however, things have been getting weird at the Youth Center. I noticed food is going missing from the pantry. Not a lot of it – just some bread and peanut butter. The Center is protected by a state-of-the-art security system, including security guards, how the heck is food going missing without anyone knowing about it? And why is the security system glitching? If the licensing authorities find out, the Youth Center may be done for.

I made the mistake of mentioning the missing food to Anna and Callie, the co-owners of Callie’s Cakes who believe they can solve mysteries with cupcakes. And now they’re convinced there’s a case to be cracked. Without taking a breath, they dive right in. Someone help me hold them back before they create more trouble than they solve!

Trick or Thief is the sixth book in the “Death by Cupcake” humorous cozy mystery series, released August 22, 2020.

A little haunting sounds like innocent fun until a ghost plunders your stockroom.

Kristie is convinced ghosts don’t exist until food starts disappearing without a trace from the Youth Center storage. There are zero clues as to who’s been inside the building. The security guard hasn’t seen a thing, and the security tapes are mysteriously blank. When the ghost widens his hocus-pocus to include Kristie’s office, the gals of Callie’s Cakes jump in to find the culprit before Kristie can get in a whole mess of spooky trouble.

Will the gals of Callie’s Cakes expose the ghost before Kristie’s facility is destroyed?

Cupcakes not included, although recipes for all the delicious cupcakes Anna bakes are.

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About the author
D.E. Haggerty is actually just plain old Dena, but she thinks using initials makes her sound sophisticated and maybe even grown-up. She was born and raised in the U.S. but considers herself a Dutchie and not only because it sounds way cooler. After a stint in the U.S. Army, she escaped the US to join her husband in Holland. She fled Holland over ten years ago when she couldn’t stand the idea of being a lawyer for one single second more. Turns out Bed & Breakfast owner in Germany didn’t do it for her either. When the hubby got a job in Istanbul, she jumped ship and decided to give this whole writer thing a go. She’s now back in Holland, which she considers home. Sorry, Mom.

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