Jamie M. Blair Boeken

When a body is discovered behind her sister's shop, Cameron Cripps-Hayman must work fast to solve the murder and save the town's upcoming annual festival.

Planning activities for the winter festival in Metamora, Indiana, is hard work for Cameron Cripps-Hayman. Not only is she organizing dog sled races, ice sculpting, and downhill skiing events, but also dealing with angry protestors and a missing mascot. The last thing she needs is another mystery to solve. And yet, that's what she gets. A greedy landowner is found dead on top of a ski hill, and Cameron scrambles to keep everything from falling apart. Then the festival's former Olympian host is also found dead. Cameron gets the Metamora Action Agency together to investigate, but proving the victims were both murdered and catching the killer will take a miracle.

New to the historic town of Metamora, Indiana, Cameron Cripps-Hayman is looking to make friends with her neighbors. What she isn't looking for is one of their bodies floating in the canal. When she and her estranged husband, the town sheriff, are both suspected of murder, Cameron takes crime solving into her own hands, teaming up with her eccentric group of volunteers who dub themselves The Metamora Action Agency. As if hunting for a murderer with two high school geniuses, the town drunk, and an elderly kleptomaniac isn't hard enough, Cameron adopts the five mangy guard dogs of her deceased neighbor. But maybe a stint at playing gatekeeper is just what she needs to come face-to-face with the killer and save another neighbor from being the next victim. Praise: "[A] laugh-out-loud funny cozy...Dorothy Cannell and Donna Andrews fans rejoice!"--Library Journal "The plot is very, very good in this one. The dogs are fun, the mystery is difficult to solve, and all the characters make this a great afternoon read."--Suspense Magazine