Guest Sleuth Spotlight: Greta Sinclair — The Great Nashville Bake Off Mishap
Meet Greta Sinclair — award-winning author of the Hattie and Moose Cozy Mystery series. A Nashville bake off, a collapsed judge, and furbabies with very strong opinions.
Series: A Hattie and Moose Cozy Mystery
The Book: Hattie Leiper never imagined her baking could earn a handshake from a famous TV judge — especially one that's followed by his sudden collapse.
During a tented garden bake off at a Belle Meade estate, Hattie and her bestie-slash-detective Bo Becket must navigate competitive bakers, daily mishaps, and sugary secrets. Was it a careless ingredient mix-up, or something more deliberate?
Between a retired nurse with suspicious medical knowledge, a seasoned pastry chef, and a tech-minded baker with a grudge, everyone becomes a suspect. And Hattie's furbabies — Moose the Chow Chow, Mini Pearl the feisty Yorkie, and Cecil the crime-magnet British Shorthair — are making their objections known at every turn.
🏆 2025 Global Book Awards Silver Medal Winner
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (110 reviews)
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Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)
“Hattie Leiper is one of those characters you root for from page one — and her furbabies have opinions about everything, which is exactly how it should be. Greta Sinclair won a 2025 Global Book Awards Silver Medal for good reason. If you love food, Southern charm, and a mystery that keeps you guessing, start here.”
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