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The only thing she loves as much as her quirky hometown is reading a good murder mystery, but until she takes a side job styling hair at the local funeral home, she never thought she\'d be living in one The only thing widow Isabel Puddles loves as much as her hometown of Gull Harbor on the shores of Lake Michigan is co.
Byrne debuts with the first Mitten State Mystery featuring Jill-of-all-trades Isabel Puddles, a widowed mother of two grown children who lives in the tiny hamlet along Lake Michigan where she grew up.
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But real detective work isn\'t like Jessica Fletcher\'s Murder She Wrote mysteries, and she\'s meeting dangerous suspects who don\'t like Isabel poking around in their business...
As gossip about Earl Sr.\'s land and insurance policy money starts to spread around the county, Isabel finds herself conducting her own investigation to clear her friend\'s name. since they were kids and can\'t believe he\'d murder his own father, regardless of his financial difficulties.
But Isabel has known Earl Jr.
His son is quickly arrested when his alibi doesn\'t check out.
When Isabel discovers a two-inch nail embedded in the skull of Earl Jonasson, it seems the octogenarian may not have died of a stroke.
In between, Isabel makes ends Meet through a variety of trades--preserving pickles, baking pies, working the counter at her cousin\'s hardware shop, and occasionally helping fix-up the hair of corpses at the local funeral parlor.
To middle-aged widow Isabel Puddles, it\'s where she enjoys breakfast every morning at a local caf with her childhood best friend and spends her evenings cozying up with a good book and her devoted Jack Terrier, Jackpot.
To the tourists and summer residents, Kentwater County is a picturesque community of small-town charm, fruitful farmland, and gorgeous freshwater beaches.
The only thing she loves as much as her quirky hometown is reading a good murder mystery, but until she takes a side job styling hair at the local funeral home, she never thought she\'d be living in one The only thing widow Isabel Puddles loves as much as her hometown of Gull Harbor on the shores of Lake Michigan is cozying up to a good mystery--but she never expected to be caught in the middle of one...
Byrne debuts with the first Mitten State Mystery featuring Jill-of-all-trades Isabel Puddles, a widowed mother of two grown children who lives in the tiny hamlet along Lake Michigan where she grew up.
Veteran television writer M.
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