Lemon Tart

Lemon Tart

By Josi S. Kilpack

Summary

Sadie Hoffmiller lives in Garrison, Colorado.  She loves baking and cooking and keeps up to date with everything going on in her neighborhood.  Being a widow and empty nester doesn’t mean she stays out of trouble though.

When her new friend and neighbor, Anne Lemon, is found dead in the field behind her house, and her two-year-old son, Trevor, is missing, Sadie is one of the first to know.  Sadie is convinced she has valuable information for investigators in regards to Anne’s murder and Trevor’s kidnapping.  However, they, especially a particularly I’m-better-than-you investigators, don’t want to hear what Sadie has to say.  In fact she becomes a suspect!  Sadie will not put up with this!  Sadie has two choices: 1) leave the investigation to the police. 2) Take matters into her own hands.  Sadie chooses option number two. 

She bakes her way through scrumptious cookies to delicious brownies in order to find out who is really behind the murder and to clear her own name.

In the process of solving the mystery Sadie finds out some things about her own family she never knew.  Things she probably didn’t want to know.  Her trust in her family is tried and she must hold onto the hope that there is good in every person, and a motive behind every action.  Sadie must keep her sights on the end prize: find out who killed Anne, and who took Trevor.

If you are looking for a book to simply enjoy pick up Lemon Tart.  There isn’t an underlying meaning.  It’s simply a book about a fiery widow who solves a mystery.