When murder taints writer-in-residence Penelope Parish\'s charming British bookshop, she must follow the clues to catch a killer before tempers boil over.
Luckily, her friends at the Open Book are there to help with every twist of the poisoned pen..
With a full menu of suspects on her hands, this just might be Penelope\'s toughest case yet.
It turns out that not everyone was a fan of Simeon Foster\'s farm-sourced charcuterie and imported pastries--many of the locals were outraged by the potential new competition.
Penelope Parish thought she\'d turned the page on her amateur sleuthing days but when the owner of Upper Chumley-on-Stokes\' proposed first high-end gourmet shop is poisoned, the American novelist starts to wonder if she and her quaint British town are in for another rewrite.
When murder taints writer-in-residence Penelope Parish\'s charming British bookshop, she must follow the clues to catch a killer before tempers boil over