Murder at the Midnight Ledger Ball: A Gala Night Cozy Mystery with Corrupt Records, Old Fires, and Final Revenge

About Murder at the Midnight Ledger Ball: A Gala Night Cozy Mystery with Corrupt Records, Old Fires, and Final Revenge

The Midnight Ledger Ball is supposed to celebrate honesty in Bramble Cross. Instead, it reveals murder. When the town’s interim county assessor is found dead just hours before sealed property files are due to be publicly opened, the glamorous fundraiser turns into a crime scene.

The documents he planned to reveal could expose years of secret land deals, quiet payouts, and powerful families protecting their reputations. And some of those records lead straight to Delia Hart’s bakery, Proof & Pastry. By morning, Delia’s shop is buried under surprise inspections, anonymous complaints, and rumors that she’s hiding something in her own building’s history.

Someone in Bramble Cross will do anything to keep the sealed files closed. With Detective Ben Calder under pressure to shut the case down quickly, Delia turns to the one skill she trusts—following the paper trail. Old deeds, forgotten signatures, and one dangerous ledger begin to reveal a truth the town has buried for years.

But the deeper Delia digs, the clearer it becomes that the murder wasn’t just about stopping one man. It was about protecting an entire system. And if Delia uncovers the truth behind the Midnight Ledger Ball, the next victim might be her.