MURDER ON DEVIL'S POND

The murder of an elderly gentleman causes a sensation in a little Vermont town.

Breaking free from a bad relationship, Hannah Solace returns to her hometown after her sister, Reggie, offers her a chance to run the inn she got in the nasty divorce from her husband, Chad, following his affair with her best friend. Hannah’s become friendly with 80-year-old Ezra Grayson, who, unable to recover from the death of his wife, lives in a decrepit house with his dog, Moose. His two nephews and a niece, who want him to sell the place and move to a retirement home, are all staying at the inn. In addition, several others in town are pushing him to sell his land. So when Hannah finds Ezra dead in Devil’s Pond, clearly having been murdered, there are plenty of suspects. She adopts Moose and can’t help but do a little investigating of her own. The three cousins are a lot less sad over their uncle’s death than Hannah is. Then Ezra’s lawyer gives Hannah some shocking news: Ezra’s left her everything he owns, both the property and a healthy bank account. The lawyer keeps the news quiet, but it makes Hannah a suspect in the eyes of the police and will certainly earn her the ire of his family. The solution to the mystery of Ezra’s death and the disposition of his estate may lie in an old relationship involving Ezra and Hannah’s father.

Past secrets and present problems combine in a character-driven cozy.