Chapter & Hearse

Around Stoneham, New Hampshire, the gossip says Tricia Miles cannot put down a real murder mystery. The owner of the mystery bookstore Haven't Got a Clue has been spending more time solving whodunits than reading them.

Tricia's sister Angelica considers herself the next celebrity chef, and hosts a launch party for her first cookbook — attended only by an oversized cutout of herself. Worse than the missing fans is a nearby gas explosion that injures her boyfriend Bob Kelly, head of the Chamber of Commerce, and kills the owner of the town's history bookstore. Tricia has never been a fan of Bob, but when he stays tight-lipped about the accident, it is time to take action.

Chapter & Hearse is the fourth Booktown Mystery by Lorna Barrett.