Keeper of the Island Ledger

Baker Josie Pell has run the island's best gossip network for fifteen years without ever writing a word down. Then the town bookkeeper is found dead in her garden, and two ledgers go missing. Every cash payment, every mislabelled auction item, every small kindness that came with a skim attached — it's all in there. Reconstructing the ledger from bakery receipts and customer memory, Josie follows the trail to the island's beloved charity auction and reads the final page aloud to a hundred bidders. Someone in the room wants her quiet. A we-solve-murders mystery for readers who know the best clues are always local.