Don’t miss Divabetic’s 10th Annual Mystery podcast, Murder Plain As Vanilla on Wednesday, December 13, 6 PM, EST.

When Mr. Divabetic’s arch-nemesis Renata Whisk invites him to enter the Visions of Vanilla baking competition, it’s an offer he can’t refuse. After all, he’ll compete against the culinary world’s giants, Best-Selling Cookbook Author Lily Frost, the Green Thumb Gourment, Hazel Honeywell, and the vivacious Cannoli Countess. But most importantly, if he wins the grand prize, he can finally be able to repay his mother.

It seems like he has nothing to lose whipping up one of Renata’s recipes until he discovers the dead body of Conrad Rivera, the Vanilla King of Madagascar, lying in the Hedges Inn’s bed of roses. Soon, rumors swirl about Max’s past involvement in legendary TV chef Sweet Sally Buttercup’s untimely demise at Central Park’s Gingerbread Man competition. To prove his innocence, he will need the help of USA Today’s best-selling author Tonya Kappes, health educator MaryAnn Nicolay MEd, NDTR, and his mother, Mama Rose Marie. 

But when Hazel Honeywell’s dead body is found near Max’s station, even his mother defers tasting his newest recipe. Could it be as lethal as a cup of kale hot cocoa? 

Now, armed with only Renata Whisk’s Puffed Pastry recipe, a rolling pin, and his team’s expertise in solving murders and dispersing diabetes health information, Max has no choice but to solve the mystery or at least die trying. To win the Visions Of Vanilla grand prize, it will be a fight to the death.

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