Variation:
This flan can be made with orange instead of lemon. Follow the recipe but reduce the amount of sugar to 4 oz. and add ½ teaspoon ground ginger, if preferred.
SOULFUL SCONES
6 oz. plain flour
½ teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground almonds
2 oz. butter, cut into chunks
2 oz. golden raisins/sultanas
¼ pint milk
A few drops of almond essence
Milk, to glaze
These scones are delicious to eat just simply buttered, or you can make a real Cornish cream tea out of them by spreading with butter, then strawberry jam, and topping with clotted or lightly whipped double cream.
Preheat the oven to 200°C, 400°F, Gas Mark 6. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together in a bowl, then stir in the ground almonds.
Add the butter, and rub it in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs then add the sultanas.
Make a well in the centre of the mixture, and pour in the milk and almond essence. Mix lightly with a wooden spoon or fork until a soft dough is formed.
Turn the dough on to a floured board and knead gently until smooth. Roll out the dough to ½-inch thick and cut into rounds with a 2 ½-inch cutter.
Place the scones on a lightly greased baking sheet, and brush the tops gently with milk.
Bake in the oven for 7-10 minutes, or until the scones are well risen and golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire tray. Makes 10.
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OTHER BOOKS IN THE REVEREND ANNABELLE DIXON SERIES
Death at the Café (Prequel)
Murder at the Mansion
Body in the Woods
Grave in the Garage
Horror at the Highlands
THANK YOU
Thank you for taking the time to read Killer at the Cult. If you enjoyed it, please consider telling your friends or posting a short review. Word of mouth is an author’s best friend and very much appreciated.
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The Case of the Screaming Beauty (Prequel)
The Case of the Hidden Flame
The Case of the Fallen Hero
The Case of the Missing Letter
FEATURING DIANA HUNTER
Hunted (Prequel)
Snatched
Stolen
Chopped
Exposed
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alison Golden is the USA Today bestselling author of the Inspector David Graham mysteries and Reverend Annabelle Dixon cozy mysteries. As A.J. Golden, she writes the Diana Hunter thriller series.
Alison was raised in Bedfordshire, England. Her aim is to write stories that are designed to entertain, amuse, and calm. Her approach is to combine creative ideas with excellent writing and edit, edit, edit.
Alison is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and twin sons. She splits her time between London and San Francisco.
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To my boys who have allowed me to fly. Now it is your turn.
KILLER AT THE CULT
A Reverend Annabelle Dixon Cozy Mystery
A sinister cult. A body in the woods. A mystery more devious than Annabelle’s diet…
Reverend Annabelle Dixon has pulled out all the stops to earn the affection of the handsome Inspector Nicholls. She’s even done the unthinkable, and sworn off sweets… for a bit. But when all her efforts come to naught, Annabelle seeks comfort and distraction in the affairs of her parish.
When she hears of strangers moving into a house on the edge of the village, Annabelle decides to pay these new residents a visit. What she finds is a quirky cult, and a ritual that sends her fleeing into the woods…where she promptly trips over a dead body!
Local police make a hasty arrest, but Annabelle is convinced they have the wrong man. And she decides a murder investigation is just the thing to keep her mind off the absent Inspector Nicholls. But with an entire cult full of suspects, can Annabelle unravel the killer’s identity, before they strike again?
The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Text copyright © 2019 Alison Golden
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
Cover Illustration: Rosalie Yachi Clarita
Published by Mesa Verde Publishing
P.O. Box 1002
San Carlos, CA 94070
Edited by
Marjorie Kramer