Cinnamon and the Clue in the Cardamom: The Catmint Chronicles Book 1 (The Catmint Chronicles Cozy Mystery Series) by Amanda Sterczyk

A missing recipe book, a quirky British village, and a cat who only speaks when there's spice in the air. If you’re looking for a mystery that feels like a warm cup of tea and a soft blanket, escape to Cresswell-on-Wyrd. This is a world where the tea is always brewing, the village secrets are ancient, and the only thing sharper than the clues is a cat’s tongue. When New Yorker Rowan Thorne inherits her eccentric Aunt Betty’s crumbling Café and Herb Shop, she expects a quiet life of steeping tea and learning the local lore. Instead, she finds herself at the center of a village-wide scavenger hunt. Aunt Betty’s prized recipe book—a legendary volume of herbal secrets and local history—has vanished. To find it, Rowan must navigate the eccentricities of a British village stuck somewhere between folklore and the modern world. She isn't alone, though. She’s inherited Cinnamon: a sleek, Himalayan feline with a judgmental stare and a very specific secret.Cinnamon can talk—but only when he’s had a sniff of cardamom. Read more