Run: 2026-09-02-01M1HK0ZAZYHG9V7H43Y8P7E9H

"Did you lock the back door?" "If I had, would you still smell butter and trouble in the same breath?" "Someone left the oven light on." "Someone who wanted the scones to rise before dawn." "Someone who came in while the sign said closed." "The key was missing from the hook." "The key was missing because you were using it to open the jam closet." "I was checking the currants. You were checking for footprints." "Footprints in powdered sugar are hard to miss." "Not when there are two sets, and one belongs to Mayor Finch." "The mayor never takes his coat off." "He did last night. There's a button by the cash register." "Blue glass." "With a chip on the edge." "From his campaign coat." "Which means he was here after the contest." "Or someone wanted us to think so." "The tart is gone. The ribbon is here." "Then the prize wasn't what he came for." "What was?" "The recipe card under the display glass." "You didn't look." "I looked. The card is blank." "Someone stole the blank card." "Or left it." "Notice the flour dust on the windowsill?" "It spelled out a name in tiny curls." "Someone else's."