Cookies and Collusion

Brandon likes running his coffee shop and bakery. Except that his ex keeps coming in and bragging about all his conquests. And the Yoga ladies are just mean to everyone. And there aren’t a lot of guys to date on the island. But aside from all that, he’s happy.

The plot had some potential. Unfortunately, the story itself read like a barely padded outline where the author was trying to check all the cozy mystery checkboxes—whether they fit the action on the page or not. Such as when the deputy tells him to “stay away from my investigation” when he found Brandon at his friend’s house. I’m pretty sure a cops first assumption would be that Brandon was going to gossip with his friends, rather than “hindering” his investigation.