Sweet Ginger Poison is the first book of the Ginger Lightley Mystery Series. It is a "whodunit" murder mystery by the author of the Greg Tenorly Suspense Series of four books: Bicycle Shop Murder, Hideaway Hospital Murders, Illusion of Luck, and Fly the Rain.

SYNOPSIS
Virginia Ginger Lightley is the owner of Coreyville Coffee Cakes, a popular bakery in East Texas. Customers drive from miles away to visit the little shop for a taste of her original creations.

It's a shock to the whole community when a young man drops dead across town after eating one of her famous cakes.

The newly appointed police chief promises to solve the case quickly. And Ginger wants to help him - until he accuses one of her employees of murder.

She rejects the crime scenario laid out by the young police chief and secretly determines to solve the crime herself.