Books like The cornbread killer by Lou Jane Temple

Private detective Nils Shapiro tackles a murder where the killer skillfully tampers with DNA evidence. FBI pressure forces him into a covert hunt for a shadowy woman whose true identity could upend everything.

A routine cake delivery becomes a culinary nightmare when a small-town baker discovers her first client's dead body. It'll take more than a little sugar to convince folks Daphne Martin's freshly baked spice cake was not to blame for the mysterious death of town gossip Yodel Watson. Getting her new cake decorating business, Daphne's Delectable Cakes, off the ground is hard enough now that Daphne's moved back to her southern Virginia hometown, but orders have been even slower since she found Yodel's body. She soon realizes, however, that just about everybody in town had a reason to poison the cantankerous busybody, from the philandering pet shop owner, to Yodel's church potluck nemesis, to the Save-A-Buck's cranky produce manager-turned-bagger. Now, to help prove she's no confectionary killer, Daphne recruits her old flame, Ben Jacobs, editor of the local newspaper, and quickly stirs up a long-hidden family scandal that just might hold the secret ingredient she needs to solve the case. All she's got to do is roll up her sleeves and get her hands a little dirty before the real culprit decides that taking sweet revenge on Daphne will be icing on the cake.

When a suicide bomber strikes Washington and high‑profile assassinations erupt worldwide, Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy uncover a 2,000‑year‑old scrap that may hold the key to the Third Jewish Temple and spark global conflict.

A minister’s wife becomes a fugitive suspect when a dessert she prepared at her church’s fundraising event turns deadly, forcing her to use her culinary and investigative instincts to clear her name and unmask the true killer.

In the bleak midwinter, newly ordained priest Clare Fergusson faces suspicion in Millers Kill after a baby is abandoned and a mother is murdered, forcing her to navigate town secrets and a tense partnership with Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne.