A Bane in the Neck - Veronica Swift Mysteries, #1

Join Roni and Doodle, her sassy Westie, as they explore who killed Kourtney Blake, before Roni goes down for the murder herself. Veronica (Roni) Swfit just wants to make shoes and run her custom- made shoe shop, but no one told her non-peak season at Last Resort and Spa in in Crescent Valley, Vermont would be so dead. She's struggling to make ends meet and too stubborn to accept help, which means she's stuck working with the ever unpleasant Kourtney Blake-her brother's ex-fiance- in an upcoming St.
Paddy's Day event for the resort. The partnership is not going well and becomes much harder to manage when Doodle discovers Kourtney's body under the ski lift. Detective Graham Parker is on the case, working closely with Roni's best friend-Angela (Angie) Stewart- who happens to be the head of resort security. Sparks fly between Detective Parker and Angie, but tensions rise when Roni is considered the prime suspect by the chief of police. Roni's recently found family at the resort rally around her as they help her triumph over injustice.
The only question is: what is it going to cost her? If you love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, or Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, you'll adore this oddball group of characters and entertained by a twisty murder to solve.