It's a busy time of a year for any business, but even more so for a newly established bakery. Toni is slammed with all the orders she has for Christmas and she's determined to let law enforcement do their job and stay out of this murder. Unfortunately, the primary suspect is her brother, Tim, and everyone wants Toni's input on what happened. Toni knows her brother isn't a murderer... but can she find the real culprit while keeping her bakery afloat?

FLOURLESS TO STOP HIM is the third book in the Baker's Treat series and can easily be read as a standalone. However, I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to dive right into Nancy J. Parra's world and read the entire series as each book truly is a delightful treat! From the characters to the town of Oiltop itself, every aspect is enjoyable.

Toni has quickly become one of my favorite cozy mystery heroines. There is always a fine line at balancing the heroine becoming involved in too many mysteries before credibility is strained. Nancy J. Parra shows Toni struggling with letting law enforcement do their job and focusing on her own management of her bakery business and it adds a real air of believability to the overall storyline.

However, it is the quirky character of Grandma Ruth who continues to steal the show in the Baker's Treat series! I absolutely love Grandma Ruth and her antics, all the more so when you see the sweet heart hiding under her outspoken exterior. Who can't help but love Toni's large and outrageously eccentric family, even as they drive her absolutely nutty at times?

FLOURLESS TO STOP HIM is yet another stunningly good installment in the Baker's Treat series! Nancy J. Parra continues to weave together phenomenal characters, an excellent mystery, and educational information on what it means to have Celiac Disease and need gluten-free food. I love each and every moment I spend visiting with the quirky characters in Oiltop and seeing what scrumptious treats Toni is whipping up for her customers. I can't wait for the next book!

Book Summary

The author of Murder Gone A-Rye and Gluten for Punishment returns to Oiltop, Kansas, where gluten-free baker Toni Holmes has to separate the wheat from the chaff to clear her brother of murder…

It’s never a good time for a crisis. Toni’s busy whipping up gluten-free holiday treats when a murder forces her to put baking on the back burner. A dead man has been found in the bathtub of a local inn—in a room registered to her brother, Tim.

With her sibling now a prime suspect in a mysterious homicide, Toni is determined to find out who set him up. But she’s about to get some unwanted assistance from former investigative journalist Grandma Ruth, who won’t let anything slow her progress in running down a killer…