The Great Loveda Brown - The Idyllwild Mystery Series, #1

Loveda Brown thinks she's running from her hot-tempered husband, but a hidden killer in the tiny town of Idyllwild has other plans for her. When Loveda Brown arrives in the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, she is running from her husband. But when a body turns up the next day, she realizes she might have worse things following her. that cold, clenched fist holds something that forces Loveda to stay in Idyllwild and use all of her wits to stop another murder from happening.
Probably her own.