A Steep Price to Pay

<p>Murder's brewing in Estes Park where the tea is hot the dead don't rest and curiosity might just get you in a whole steep of trouble.<br><br>Just when Ellie thought she was getting the hang of her supernatural gift and running Spines & Steeps construction workers discover a skeleton in the wall of the Opera House across the street and her supposedly quiet bookstore life explodes into chaos once again. The remains belong to Mary Oliver a young woman who vanished in 1925 and her spirit has one burning question: who killed her? <br><br>As Ellie digs into the dangerous world of 1920s Prohibition-era Estes Park complete with speakeasies corrupt politicians fire-and-brimstone preachers and organized crime she uncovers a web of secrets that powerful families have kept buried for a century. And someone in present-day Estes Park is determined to keep those secrets in the ground. <br><br>Between dodging threats solving the utterly ridiculous mystery of who's stealing the town's garden gnomes (seriously who does that?) and navigating the growing tension with a certain handsome detective who keeps telling her to stay out of danger Ellie must use her ability to communicate with spirits to solve a murder before the killer silences her permanently. <br><br>With a dapper Victorian ghost offering commentary from the sidelines an eye-rolling cat and a determined murder victim seeking answers Ellie discovers that some prices are worth paying. Even if they're steep.<br> </p>