A Deadly Practice: A Cannoli Cafe Cozy Mystery

by Lizzie Benton

Minutes after meeting with Nicole, Dr. Michael Patterson is found dead in his office at the University of New Jersey – and Nicole is immediately thrust into the spotlight as the number one suspect for Dr. Patterson’s murder.

Despite the troubling circumstances surrounding the case – especially since Dr. Patterson had just informed Nicole of his refusal to hire her for the Professor of Practice position, a job she had always dreamed of – Nicole and her Cannoli Cafe friends set out to prove her innocence and identify the real murderer of the department chairperson.

Join Cannoli Cafe owner Nicole, her warm and spunky friend Lia, and all the charming Cannoli Cafe friends as they embark on a clean cozy sleuthing adventure.

This is the first book of the new Cannoli Cafe Investigations series, set in the idyllic, small town of Rosewood, New Jersey.

212 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 18, 2022

About the author

Lizzie Benton is the cozy mystery author of two series: Cannoli Cafe Investigations and the Cannoli Cafe Mystery Series.

Both of Lizzie's series star Nicole Capula, an engineer turned Cannoli Cafe owner/amateur sleuth, who finds herself at the center of a number of murder mysteries as she transitions to living in her hometown again. The series feature references to Italian American cooking, inspired by the author's lifelong residence in New Jersey.

Lizzie's latest book, Killing it in the New Year, is the second book in the new Cannoli Cafe Investigations series, on sale March 17, 2023!

To see how it all began, check out the prequel series: Cannoli Cafe Mystery series featuring

Murder and Macaroons


Murder and Macaroni


Iced Cookie Murder

Murder and Bubbly

Murder, Purder

The Executive

The Ghostly Night

Books may be read in any order!

To learn more about Lizzie, please check out: http://lizziebenton.com!