Just when retired librarian Hazel Whitmore thought Elwood Springs might settle down—someone goes and murders the guest speaker at her book club.
It was supposed to be a cozy winter gathering. A roaring fire. Tea and cake. And a bestselling author known for twisting endings. But when the celebrated mystery writer turns up dead before his own reading—and his final manuscript mysteriously vanishes—Hazel is tangled in another small-town scandal.
With her cat Mr. Darcy napping on the suspect list, Birdie Langston dusting off her old spy skills, and the snow piling up outside, Hazel will have to dig into the past of a man who made a living unearthing secrets... before the killer writes their own ending.