{"product_id":"the-last-slice-e-j-hughes-9798185158845","title":"The Last Slice: A Birch Falls Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifty years ago, someone sealed a secret inside the walls of the Birch Falls bakery. Cora Fenwick is about to knock it loose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Cora wants is to finally build the kitchen her late aunt Ruth always dreamed of. But the moment the contractor opens the old brick wall at the back of the shop, the renovation stops cold - because what's hidden inside has been waiting since the 1970s, and it's the last secret Ruth ever kept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the little coastal town reels, Cora is pulled into a fifty-year-old mystery stitched straight through her own family: a man who vanished, a faded 1974 photograph of two young women, a soft-spoken stranger who is not who he claims to be - and a truth that could rewrite everything Birch Falls believed about the woman they all loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her deeply unimpressed cat Flour keeping watch, Deputy Sam Kowalski beside her, and fifty years of Ruth's recipe journals to read, Cora has to decide how much truth a town can hold - before someone else decides for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Slice\u003c\/i\u003e is the warm, twisty finale of the Birch Falls Mysteries. Perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke, Ellery Adams, and clean small-town cozy mysteries where the bread is fresh, the cat has opinions, and nobody is quite who they seem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. J. Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185158845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"E. J. Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174182002943,"sku":"9798185158845","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-slice-e-j-hughes-9798185158845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}