When Open-Mic Night Turns Deadly at a Mountain Inn, One Woman's Fresh Start Becomes a Fight for Survival
Elsie Harper thought inheriting the charming Mountainwood Inn would be her salvation—a peaceful retreat from her bitter divorce and a chance to rebuild her life. Instead, she gets murder.
When caustic novelist Felix Lawson—a man who made enemies as easily as bestsellers—turns up dead in a locked guest room with a taunting limerick scrawled in lipstick on the mirror, suspicion falls on everyone at Elsie's inaugural open-mic night. Fortunately, she's not investigating alone. Handsome Dr. Tom Dawson becomes her trusted partner in sleuthing, their undeniable chemistry sparking amid the chaos.
With her clever border collie Murphy's help, they navigate a maze of secrets involving the wounded sous chef and sharp-eyed front desk manager—both with suspect pasts. But when Murphy uncovers hidden manuscript pages and Elsie realizes the killer knows the inn's every secret, the stakes turn lethal. Someone will kill again to keep their identity buried, and this time, Elsie is the target.
