The Quiche and the Dead - Spotlight

I am behind in so many series it's not even funny. And don't get me started on series I've been wanting to read, but haven't even started yet! I recently saw a few such books on sale and decided to buy them, not knowing when I'll get to read them...but I'll be ready. I decided to shine a spotlight on one of those books today. THE QUICHE AND THE DEAD by Kirsten Weiss is the first book in the Pie Town Mystery series.

From the back cover:

Is Val's breakfast pie the quiche of death?

Owning her own business seemed like pie in the sky to Valentine Harris when she moved to the coastal California town of San Nicholas, expecting to start a new life with her fiance. Five months-and a broken engagement-later, at least her dream of opening a pie shop has become a reality. But when one of her regulars keels over at the counter while eating a quiche, Val feels like she's living a nightmare.

After the police determine the customer was poisoned, business at Pie Town drops faster than a fallen crust. Convinced they're both suspects, Val's flaky, seventy-something pie crust maker Charlene drags her boss into some amateur sleuthing. At first Val dismisses Charlene's half-baked hypotheses, but before long the ladies uncover some shady dealings hidden in fog-bound San Nicholas. Now Val must expose the truth-before a crummy killer tries to shut her pie hole.