Cat Killed a Rat

<p><strong>Nothing bad ever happens in Ponderosa Pines...</strong></p><p>That's what anonymous gossip columnist Chloe LaRue and her best friend town matriarch EV Torrence thought. But then Luther Plunkett-a second-rate handyman with a first-rate ego-raises a stink over building regulations and then promptly turns up dead.</p><p>Small-town mysteries have a way of snowballing out of control especially since EV was seen arguing with the now-deceased at a public function.</p><p>Before the body gets cold EV becomes suspect #1 in the murder and not even Chloe can stop the rumor mill from churning.</p><p>Not since the infamous squabble over whether to name the town Ponderosa Valley or Whispering Pines have the residents of Ponderosa Pines been so divided.</p><p>Against Detective Nate Harper and Deputy Dalton Burnsoll's orders Chloe and EV mount their own investigation-but what they uncover might just rock the community to its very core.</p><p>How far will Chloe and EV go to track down a killer?</p>