Run: 2026-09-10-01M25DZNPPPE1MM0B8D231610F

"The bell over the door didn't jingle. That's the first thing that bothered me." "It's been broken since Tuesday. Half the town knows." "Exactly. So whoever took the ledger knew they wouldn't be heard." "Or they were already inside. The back door was unlocked." "I locked it after the croissants came out. At five forty." "Then someone had a key." "Only me, Mrs. Pemberton, and the cat." "The cat doesn't have thumbs." "No, but she has opinions. Did you find flour prints?" "Not flour. Sugar. A fine trail from the safe to the display case." "The safe wasn't forced." "No. And nothing was taken except the recipe for lavender honey scones." "That recipe's not worth much." "It is if you're entering the county bake-off. Or if you want to ruin someone's chances." "Who knew you'd changed the honey ratio?" "Only the person who tasted the test batch yesterday. You." "I didn't take it." "I know. You would've used butter, not margarine. The trail smells like margarine." "Then we need to find who's been skimping on butter." "Precisely. And why they left a single violet petal on the counter."