From USA Today bestselling author Beth Prentice comes the next unputdownable novel featuring a mystery author turned investigator...turned possible victim?
A cold case. A grieving family. A killer who's been walking free for eighteen months.
Cozy mystery author Aubrey Jackson thought the hardest part of her week would be trying to turn a blank page into the hopefully‑bestselling follow‑up to her debut novella. Then Detective Jacob Tate shows up with news that shatters what's left of her family—her sister Emily's fatal car accident wasn't an accident at all. It was murder. And before Aubrey can catch her breath, the police pull her brother, Corey, in for questioning.
Certain Corey is innocent, Aubrey starts digging through her sister's old planner, half‑forgotten emails, and a tangle of secrets that Emily had been keeping from everyone, including Aubrey. With her best friend (and secret crush) Spencer by her side, Aubrey uncovers a trail of stolen money, buried affairs, and a mysterious stranger with a spider tattoo who might hold all the answers.
Only problem? Detective Tate—brooding, infuriating, and entirely too easy to fall for—keeps getting in her way. Or is it that Aubrey can't stop thinking about him?
Can Aubrey catch her sister's killer...before they decide to write Aubrey's final chapter? Or will digging up the past cost her everything she has left?
And don't forget to pick up Aubrey Jackson's "hopefully‑bestselling" novella, Shore to Kill!
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