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Seong Jaeseong non è come gli altri ragazzi della sua età. La sua ipersensibilità ai suoni lo rende simile a un neonato catapultato all'improvviso nel mondo. Per questo ha sempre le cuffie alle orecchie, per schermarsi dai rumori che lo circondano e lo schiacciano fino a togliergli il fiato. Ma forse proprio a causa di questo disturbo, Jaeseong ha anche un dono raro e speciale: riesce a sentire quelli che lui chiama Biscuit - persone invisibili agli occhi dei più, umiliate, dimenticate, il cui cuore è stato calpestato più e più volte, e la cui presenza si è affievolita fino quasi a scomparire.

Carrie Kennersly, a veterinary technician, has become known for baking healthful and popular dog treats at the clinic where she works, in the town of Knobcone Heights, California. When a friend moves away, Carrie buys her bakery and converts half into a Barkery to sell her canine delights. But Myra and Harris Ethman, who own a local store selling pet products, hate the new competition. After publicly badmouthing Carrie and antagonizing family and other townsfolk with her big mouth, Myra is found dead with a Barkery biscuit beside her.

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Mysteries have a way of following Fannie Miller, so when she makes it into the finals of the Tuscarawas County Baking Contest and contestants start disappearing, she calls on her old friend Foster Bates, a retired cop and part-time private investigator. Could it be that other finalists—like the couple on verge of divorce who need the prize money. . .or the three Beiler sisters, always in a huddle whispering—are somehow responsible for these disappearances, thinning out the competition?

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