Bittersweet Cane: A Tropical Mystery Novel (Mabel and Millie Mysteries)

This is the second Mystery Novel in the series about our two unlikely sleuths, Mabel and Millie, residents of a quiet expat retirement community in Northern Belize. Believing someone may be injured and in need of medical help, Millicent Helmsworth, a retired diplomat’s wife from Canada, with her friend Mabel Doyle, a retired nurse from Kansas, race after a police truck into sugarcane fields not far from home. What they find lures them into the bittersweet world of cane farming. Follow their hilarious and sometimes harrowing boating expeditions, their heartfelt exchanges with Belizean friends, and bizarre engagements with their eccentric expat neighbours. Discover how they remarkably unravel the mystery behind the cane field tragedy and contribute to restoring national pride and gaining world recognition of the sugarcane industry in Belize.