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The Killing in the Café is the 17th in the Fethering series by Simon Brett. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. Titles in this series don't go on sale very often in the US (or the UK AFAIK), so grab it if you want it...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ATM8SAW
Kobo US (coupon/VIPable): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/kil...n-the-cafe-the

The wickedly entertaining new Fethering mystery featuring chalk-and-cheese detective duo Carole and Jude

Spoiler:

Polly’s Cake Shop has been a feature of the shopping parade for many years, but when its owner announces her retirement, the Fethering residents start to worry about the loss of this popular amenity. Alarmed by rumours that the café might become a Starbucks, a group clubs together to form the Save Polly’s Cake Shop Action Committee.

The plan is that Polly’s should become a community venture, managed and run by volunteers from the village. Roped in to help, Jude finds the committee meetings fraught with petty power struggles, clashing personalities and monstrous egos. Matters take a turn for the worse when she and Carole come across a badly-decomposed body on Fethering beach – and uncover a link to Polly’s. Not only do the two neighbours have to find out whodunit, they are also faced with the thorny question: is it possible to run a business on that most volatile of commodities - goodwill?