Tempers are fraying and the cream is melting as summer temperatures hit the competition tent at Broomowode in the UK just in time for patisserie week. With only four contestants left, the pressure is mounting in the race to be chosen the best amateur baker in the UK. Poppy's working hard to find out who […]

Baking and murder under the competition tent. The fun of an English baking contest set in the beautiful English countryside complete with witches, recipes and murder. Join Poppy and her friends as she puzzles out another complex murder, that might have ties to her!

Murder, deceit and baking...It’s the big finale of the Great British Baking Contest. Who will win? Who will fall flatter than an eggless soufflé? And will amateur baker and witch Poppy survive to find out? Dark forces are at work in the picture-perfect village of Broomewode in Somerset. Poppy’s in danger, but why? She’s getting […]

Christmas Charity Contest leads to Murder! Amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson agrees to be a celebrity contestant in a charity gingerbread house competition in Bath, England. She can support a good cause while promoting the long running TV reality show in which she’s a contestant—The Great British Baking Contest. However, beneath the gingerbread walls and behind […]

Every family has annoying relatives; mine just happen to be undead. My Grandmother, Agnes Bartlett, used to own Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting shop in Oxford then died and left her shop to me, without informing me that she wasn’t actually dead. She’s a vampire and part of the world’s strangest craft circle – the Vampire Knitting […]

A Holiday Market With crafts, toys, hot chocolate And a killer! The Vampire Knitting Club decide to take part in Oxford’s Holiday Market, selling exquisite hand knit scarves, sweaters and gift items. Their most popular item is the hand knit Christmas stocking, brightly colored and extra long to squeeze in a few extra small gifts. […]

Lucy’s first love potion goes horribly wrong Romances get tangled But worse, someone dies! Romance is in the air on Harrington Street, Oxford. Detective Inspector Ian Chisholm is finally showing interest in Lucy, though the members of the vampire knitting club aren’t too thrilled to have the police hanging around so close to Cardinal Woolsey’s […]

What if the fortune teller at the local village fair is a witch? And all her fortunes come true—even when she foresees a death… When Lucy Swift’s cousin Violet decides to take over as the fortune teller at Moreton-under-Wychwood’s annual summer fête, Lucy thinks being her assistant will be a fun way to spend a […]

Cardinal Woolsey’s Yarn Shop has been chosen to appear on TV. Great publicity! Until a murder stops the cameras… Celebrity knitting designer Teddy Lamont is coming to Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting and yarn shop in Oxford to run a special class that will be televised. Lucy Swift can’t wait to host the popular, flamboyant designer and […]

Who invited Death to the wedding? When an ancient beam falls on one of the guests at Charlie and Alice’s wedding rehearsal, it looks like the work of the death watch beetle, an insect that eats old timbers. But fledgling witch Lucy and the vampire knitting club aren’t so sure. Could there be a murderer […]