A Maggie Stempleton Mystery
Before Magnolia Grove could welcome her home…murder takes a detour.
Recently retired librarian Maggie Stempleton is ready for a fresh start running the charming Magnolia Inn she unexpectedly inherited. But when a wrong turn strands Maggie and her scruffy Yorkshire Terrier, Mavis, in the quirky town of Possum Hollow, a suspicious death pulls her into a mystery she never planned to solve. Armed with a notebook, an eye for overlooked details, and a habit of saying, “Well now, isn’t that curious?” Maggie discovers that everyone has a story—and someone is lying.
A timber broker with a bitter business dispute had every reason to resent the victim, while the sheriff’s rush to declare the death an accident raises more questions than answers. As Mavis sniffs out clues everyone else has missed, Maggie uncovers secrets someone is desperate to keep buried.
The closer she comes to the truth, the more tangled the mystery becomes. If Maggie can’t expose the real killer before leaving town, an innocent man could pay the price while a murderer slips away forever.
