GENRE: Mystery/Suspense. LENGTH: 25 chapters (38,800 words). SYNOPSIS: Virginia “Ginger” Lightley is the owner of Coreyville Coffee Cakes, a popular bakery in East Texas. Customers drive from miles away to visit the little shop for a taste of her original creations.

It’s a shock to the whole community when a young man drops dead across town after eating one of her famous cakes.

The newly appointed police chief promises to solve the case quickly. And Ginger wants to help him—until he accuses one of her employees of murder.

She rejects the crime scenario laid out by the young police chief and secretly determines to solve the crime herself.

Cast of Characters
• Virginia “Ginger” Lightley
  Owner of Coreyville Coffee Cakes bakery in Coreyville, Texas. Member of the Domino Girls Club.
• Barb Omatta
  Member of the Domino Girls Club.
• Ethel Eggly
  Member of the Domino Girls Club.
• Jane Appletree
  Member of the Domino Girls Club.
• Addie Barneswaller
  Head baker at Coreyville Coffee Cakes.
• Rev. Elijah Bideman
  Pastor of Corey Acres Baptist Church.
• Daniel Foenapper
  The young, new chief of police of Coreyville.
• K. Houston Kassle
  The young, new mayor of Coreyville.
• Cheryl Iper
  Manager of Coreyville Coffee Cakes.
• Danny Iper
  Cheryl Iper’s son. Lacey Greendale’s new boyfriend.
• Lacey Greendale
  Baker Trainee at Coreyville Coffee Cakes. Danny Iper’s new girlfriend. Navy Newcomb’s old girlfriend.
• Navy Newcomb
  Prodigal son who is trying to gain favor with his mother to get another chunk of the family wealth. The murder victim.
• Kayla Hanker
  Navy Newcomb’s girlfriend and former Dallas hooker.
• Ellegora Newcomb
  Navy Newcomb’s reclusive mother.
• Bull Crawley
  Owner/operator of Bull’s Crawley’s Bar & Grill.
• Cash Crawley
  Bull’s younger brother. Owner/operator of Cash & Carry Donuts.
• Silvy Knox
  Recently moved to Coreyville. Works for Cash Crawley.
• Amando “Manny” Monet
  Owner/operator of Monet’s MasterShine, an upscale shoe shine shop.
• Cray Vittleman
  Carl’s son. Also an attorney.
• Scissy Gossett
  (Pronounced ‘Sizzy’) Owner/operator of Scissy’s Beauty Shop, on the square.
• Harvey “Boot” Hornamer
  Coreyville’s only justice of the peace.