Author: Emily George

Emily George writes cozy mysteries that combine food, small-business pressures, and amateur investigation. A Half-Baked Murder opens with Chloe Barnes, a Paris-trained pastry chef who returns to Azalea Bay, California, after a professional setback and family illness. Chloe plans a regulated specialty bakery with her aunt Dawn, but an acquaintance's sudden death makes Dawn the leading suspect. Chloe turns sleuth to clear her aunt while trying to open the business and rebuild her career. The book appeared from Kensington Cozies in 2023. George's debut uses a close-knit coastal community, French pastry expertise, and an unconventional cafe concept to give a familiar mystery structure its own setting and professional detail.