Description
Best friends Laila and Lucy have a mystery to solve when a baking competition takes a dangerous turn. Laila hopes winning the Golden Cookie competition will secure a scholarship to Sunderland boarding school, while aspiring journalist Lucy wants to prove her reporting skills.
When a celebrity judge collapses after tasting Laila’s creation, suspicion falls on her. With a storm cutting the contestants off from the outside world, the friends must uncover the truth and clear Laila’s name.
A middle-grade mystery about friendship, baking and sleuthing, for readers aged 8–12.
- Authors: Tracy Badua and Alechia Dow
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 1 September 2026 (Australian release)
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint: Quill Tree Books
- Pages: 320
- Dimensions: 194 × 130 mm
- Book weight: 210 g
- ISBN: 9780063254596