Starting one winter day, Georgina finds the mayor poisoned by a plate of petit fours. That spring, Evie's favorite customer and recipe tester is killed. While out delivering scones for her summer job, Ashley discovers a crime scene to practice her student training in forensics. Against a backdrop of vibrant fall foliage, Ladessa discovers a corpse at table number four.

How can one small shoppe's employees be connected to so many deaths, and will the business ever recover?