A Hush at Midnight

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>2025 Winner NYC Big Book Award - Mystery </strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>2025 Winner IAN Book Award - Cozy Mystery</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>2025 Winner IPA Book Award - Mystery</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Once celebrated for her show-stopping pastries and irresistible desserts former celebrity chef Laura Harris is now making headlines for a far darker reason.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Laura has been accused of murdering her best friend.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>How could this petite chef have brutally smothered the beloved small-town matriarch veteran ferry pilot Hattie Stenburg? Hattie wasn't just a pillar of the community; she was Laura's confidant and mentor. If only Hattie's will hadn't included recent changes bypassing next of kin and leaving Laura her entire fortune and historic Southern estate.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As Laura scrambles to clear her name she uncovers sinister secrets lurking beneath the town's idyllic surface. The real murderer is always one step ahead leaving taunting clues and threatening Laura to leave Texas or face deadly consequences. With time not a luxury Laura must untangle the web of deceit before the assailant makes her the next victim.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p></p>