Barista Jen Hanby has been keeping a few secrets from her co-workers. The first being that the homeless man that she takes coffee and a pastry to on a regular bases is her father, and the second is her hand doesn't itch because she has eczema; it's because she gets messages from her spirit guide. Jen's hand, affectionately known as the hand of doom or HOD, is never wrong, so when she gets a message saying your boyfriend is cheating on you with your half sister, she knows it's true.

The real trouble begins when Jen goes to her hated half sister, Misty's, apartment and discovers her dead body. Things aren't looking so great when Jen becomes suspect number one but they become even worse when her homeless father turns into the prime suspect. Jen is determined to clear both her and her father's name, but in order to do that, she is going to have to learn how to control HOD, instead of it always controlling her.

I have been a fan of Wendy Roberts' since her Ghost Dusters series came out, so there was no way I was going to miss reading GROUNDS TO KILL. This fun, quirky mystery moves at a great pace and is full of interesting characters. The mystery behind Misty's killer took a bit of a backseat for me in relation to everything else that was going on. I was more invested in Jen's antics and the relationships she has with the people around her. I did get into the who-done-it mood towards the end of the book and was delightfully surprised to discover I was not able to figure out who the killer was. I always love it when a book is able to surprise you. If you love a good mystery full of interesting characters and a lot of coffee references, you're going to love GROUNDS TO KILL.