For country-store owner Robbie Jordan, the National
Maple Syrup Festival is a sweet escape from late-winter in
South Lick, Indiana—until murder saps the life out of the
celebration…
As Robbie arranges a breakfast-themed cook-off at Pans ‘N
Pancakes, visitors pour into Brown County for the annual
maple extravaganza. Unfortunately, that includes Professor
Connolly, a know-it-all academic from Boston who makes
enemies everywhere he goes—and this time, bad manners
prove deadly. Soon after clashing with several scientists
at a maple tree panel, the professor is found dead outside
a sugar shack, stabbed to death by a local restaurateur’s
knife. When an innocent woman gets dragged into the
investigation and a biologist mysteriously disappears,
Robbie drops her winning maple biscuits to search for
answers. But can she help police crack the case before
another victim is caught in a sticky situation with a
killer?