It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Ocean Alley. Jolie Gentil attended her 10th high school reunion and agreed to appraise the vacant Tillotson-Fisher house.

The skeleton of Richard Tillotson, hidden in an antique attic wardrobe, is a big surprise. He vanished just after his sister married his business partner in 1929. Jolie sees a link to the Fisher family’s Prohibition era business and works with friends Scoobie and Ramona to gather clues from old photo albums and ledgers.

The present day murder of Richard’s former girlfriend, Mary Doris, tells them someone feels threatened by having Jolie dig into Richard’s former family business, the Bakery at the Shore. What else went on in that now-abandoned bakery? Did the secret Mary Doris kept all these years finally kill her? Between running the food pantry at Christmas time and escaping a burning building, Jolie and Scoobie hope to figure out who the modern killer is before someone else gets hurt.

2024 Amazon Review: This Cozy Mystery is outstanding. This story interlaces two aspects of the main character’s life (the murder investigation and her day-to-day life), which allows the reader to understand the investigation does not hold her attention for the whole day. The questioning leads to additional attention. There are several prospective perpetrators. The flow of the story is easy to follow. The end is appropriate.