Crafts and Life

October 31st is just around the corner and Emily Westhill’s Boston cream donuts, carved with a scream, have made an indelible impression on local eccentric Rich Royalson. So much so that he’s ordered three dozen, with twice the fudge icing, for his 70th birthday—a special event in more ways than one. It’s to be held on fog-shrouded Lake Fleekom where, twenty years ago, his wife mysteriously drowned.
 
But the next day, when Emily arrives with her scrumptious screamers, she stumbles upon Rich’s corpse. The poor guy wanted a unique birthday bash—just not one to the side of his skull. With a guest list of possible perpetrators, and his last will and testament suspiciously left at the scene, Emily soon discovers that the Royalson closet is rattling with skeletons. As the fog thickens, motives mount, and the tricks outnumber the treats, Emily fears that Rich may not be the last one in Fallowbrook to go out screaming.

A cute cat… check! a feisty heroine… check! a murder… che …… wait? WHAT!!

Halloween and the Deputy Donut team are gearing up making "scary" donuts, Fritter Critters, Long John Zombies and of course Boston Screams! The latter is picked by a local retired Bank Manager (Rich Royalson) to help celebrate his 70th birthday (although he wats standard Boston Creams, thank you very much) as he loves (and pontificates …. a lot!) Boston. Rich also would like help redecorating a cottage on his land and feels Emily and Nina can help. So far, so good … Nina and Em check out the cottage and get a few ideas together and plan to run them by Rich in the next day or so, post the party, speaking of which, when Em turns up with the donuts and coffee she is surprised not to find Rich waiting, although she discovers why a few minutes later when she stumbles over his very dead body!

Now if her friends in the local police force are going to make her Halloween bash, Em first needs to discover who bashed Rich!