Cinnamon Crumb, Baking Detective: The Great Cake Caper

By: Harry Woodgate

Series : Cinnamon Crumb, Baking Detective

Age 8+

RRP NZ$19.99

Coming September 2026

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An irresistible new detective series from award-winning Harry Woodgate, this is Wonka meets The Great British Bake-Off with lashings of secrets and sabotage and illustrations on every page!

Meet Cinnamon Crumb. In the town of Marzipan, home to bakers of near-magical talent, Cinnamon burns toast. She's no baker - but she is about to become a baking detective.

Because all is not sweet between Marzipan's two rival superstar bakers, Victoria Sponge and Madeleine Macaron. They will stop at nothing to win the coveted Twelve Tier Crown at the Great Cake Carnival - even sabotage. So when Victoria sets Cinnamon a mission to spy on Maddie, Cinnamon reluctantly agrees. But when Maddie asks Cinnamon to spy on Victoria too...well, Cinnamon is in a situation stickier than sticky toffee pudding.

Details

Extent:: 352 pages
Dimensions:: 198 x 130mm
Paperback ISBN:: 9781805075660
Publication Date:: September 2026
Work Reference:: 9586

Author

Harry is a multi-award-winning author and illustrator, whose debut, Grandad's Camper, won the British Book Awards Nibbie for Children's Illustrated Book of the Year, the Waterstones Children's Prize Illustrated Category, and was a Stonewall Honor Book. When they're not creating amazing books, they love writing music, cycling, baking, and exploring independent coffee shops and bookstores. Cinnamon Crumb, Baking Detective is their first series for middle-grade readers.

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Series

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Press

A delicious mystery smothered in virtually-edible illustrations, Woodgate's debut novel is sweet and delectable with a wonderful cast of diverse characters and a story you want to sink your teeth into. I cannot wait to have a second helping of Cinnamon Crumb and friends!

LD Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency

Harry Woodgate whips up a winning recipe in this rip-roaring adventure.

Ian Eagleton, author of Glitter Boy

Utterly charming, Cinnamon Crumb is joyful, hilarious, and totally brilliant. This is children's fiction at its most delicious. A chaotic, charismatic, cake-filled classic made from the very best ingredients.

Lizzie Huxley-Jones, author of the Vivi Conway series