Exham on Sea Mystery Series

Frances Evesham writes the Exham on Sea Mystery Series which is set in England. It features Libby Forest who arrives on the coast after years in a disastrous marriage, determined to build a new life making cakes and chocolates in Exham on Sea. In the first book she finds abody and discovers her own talent for solving mysteries, helped by Bear, an enormous Carpathian Sheepdog, and Fuzzy, an aloof marmalade cat.