Judy Spoon Ertel

Addie Girard, accused of murder, shows what one single, widowed woman of fifty-eight can do to disprove the erroneous accusation and thwart a kidnapper!

Folks in Wanderwood TX are still reeling from learning that their favorite realtor is actually a murderer, but Adelaide Bonner Girard, Mom Extraordinaire, is leaving those qualms behind for a little R & R with her younger daughter, Lindsey Anne. The Caribbean is calling Lindsey and Addie to nine days of fun and frolic on the Scarab Miss cruise ship.

A fire-damaged ski resort and a disappearing body catapult Addie Girard and friends into much merriment and murky mayhem in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Danger lurks down each corridor and hiking trail as the threesome seek a killer to protect Addie’s daughter Madison from unseen peril!

Upon returning from her unexpected trip to Colorado, Addie Girard finds her younger son, Will, has moved home to pursue his bliss as a guitarist and singer. His first professional ‘gig’ has his new band, Amigos Ultimos, tripping over a ‘dead guy by the pool’. Addie is caught in a whirlwind new, but unwanted, writing career for the Evritt County Gazette.