A Dead Ringer

A Suspenseful, Small Town Cozy Mystery

A murder at the grand opening of her newly inherited inn wasn’t exactly the kickoff Lilly was hoping for.

But leaving behind DC politics and her frenzied city life to run Magnolia Manor was the best thing she’d ever done - finally something on her own!

As Lilly welcomed her first customers, she became fast friends with hotel guest Vanessa. Sharing the same fatherless childhood - and looking so similar they could pass for twins - Lilly was distraught when Vanessa went missing and a local retiree, Reds, pulled up an unidentified body in his fishing net.

Making matters worse, Lilly’s arrogant ex, Eric, then showed up to win her back, annoyed that Lilly has cozied up to small town life in Drifter’s Cove - and her manly repairman Quigley.

As the local and marina police battled over the crimes’ jurisdiction, confusion ensued, accusations flew, Reds was (unjustly?) arrested, and the inn’s initial warm fuzzies fizzled. Between her new friend Vanessa’s mysterious disappearance and a possible killer on the loose, Lilly found herself knee deep in another murder.

And this one felt personal.