Masher of Ceremonies

The annual Tea With the Queen fundraiser always makes for a festive weekend in Queensville, drawing visitors from far and wide and giving local shops a welcome boost. This year, vintage kitchenware collector Jaymie Müller is running the event, and she's got her hands full organizing old and new volunteers along with a surly catering crew. Then her master of ceremonies tells her he's being blackmailed but can't go to the police, and before Jaymie can sort that out she stumbles over a dead body at the tea.

Despite the demands of keeping the event up and running, Jaymie can't help puzzling over the murder. There's no concrete evidence linking the cretin behind the blackmail scheme to the dead body, so she begins questioning everyone connected to the blackmail, hoping to expose the killer. And just as she discovers a web of relationships that leads her to the culprit, she realizes that the Tea With the Queen may have been a royal pain, but outwitting a blackmailer and catching a killer may be the death of her . . .

Includes a vintage recipe!

Praise for the Vintage Kitchen Mysteries:

"I have loved this series from the first book . . . it's like returning to a favorite nook for a cup of tea. It will delight, entice, and drive a reader to want to solve the murder." ?Goodreads on No Grater Danger

"A chilling whodunit." ?Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Well-plotted with several unexpected twists and well-developed characters." ?The Mystery Reader

"Jaymie is a great character . . . She is inquisitive and full of surprises!" ?Debbie's Book Bag

About the Author:

Victoria Hamilton is the pseudonym of nationally bestselling romance author Donna Lea Simpson. Victoria is the bestselling author of four mystery series: the Lady Anne Addison Mysteries, the Vintage Kitchen Mysteries, the Merry Muffin Mysteries, and A Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder Mysteries.