Jane's Buns Mystery: The Missing Ingredients by Susan K. Smith
Last edited: Friday, March 6, 2026
Posted: Friday, March 6, 2026
I am pleased to introduce the Mystery series: Jane's Buns Mystery
Jane Meyer and Alfie Dawkins are aspirational heroes whom ordinary people can aspire to be.
(follows the timeline of Book 1 in The Commander and the Chief series: His Tribe of One)
cover art by Dante Jablonski
Aspirational heroes?
Ordinary people doing the right thing.
These are the characters of my new mystery series: Jane's Buns Mystery.
Book 1: The Missing Ingredients
It’s Christmas season. Jane is busy baking buns and other holiday treats. Some things are missing: people and ingredients.
Jane Meyer and Alfie Dawkins are working for an impoverished Duke on one of the UK’s failing estates. The Duke’s son has gone missing, raising alarms within the British government. Meanwhile, vagrant Burt Duffy, Jane’s friend, has disappeared without a trace.
Alfie hatches an out-of-this-world plan, combined with Jane’s baking skills, to hunt for Burt as well as track down the Duke’s son.
Will the missing ingredients be found in time for Christmas?
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In this series, Jane Meyer and Alfie Dawkins are aspirational heroes whom ordinary people can aspire to be.
Alfie takes on the role of the handyman and helps out the widow ladies.
Buns are Jane's forte.
Check out this English recipe below--something Jane might make.
I'm glad you're cooking up new novels. And I like the idea of ordinary people. My novels are mostly about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. More so in my short stories.
But I can't write mystery. I have no desire to have some twisted result that comes from hidden clues along the way. Or for the abnormal twists of plot and obscene violence I've seen in movies since I rarely read books. But I'm glad that you are because I know yours will be impeccable and very entertaining.
But I can't write mystery. I have no desire to have some twisted result that comes from hidden clues along the way. Or for the abnormal twists of plot and obscene violence I've seen in movies since I rarely read books. But I'm glad that you are because I know yours will be impeccable and very entertaining.
Ron