A Locked-Room Scandal at the Windmere Estate Grand Reopening Turns Deadly... Lila Lawson, a platinum blonde neat freak with a nose for news, thought the grand reopening would be a dull affair. She was dead wrong. Instead, she found a body: Horace Grimsby, the town's most detested councilman, mysteriously bludgeoned in a locked room. Her collie, Ella, growls, warning… this is no accident. The suspects are a chaotic mix of backstabbing, blackmail, and perfectly flimsy alibis. From Lucinda Rae, the town's quirky tarot reader, who still harbored a grudge, convinced Horace had swiped her prized crystal pendant. And City Councilwoman Phyllis Mott had a powerful motive too, after Horace actively tried to tank her re-election campaign. As Lila untangles alibis and antique forgeries, she discovers Horace Grimsby’s death was no crime of passion—it was a meticulously plotted puzzle. A second attack rocks the estate; the killer’s clean streak gets messy… Lila’s pristine world threatens to shatter. In a mansion where every door locks and everyone lies, can Lila and Ella uncover the truth before the killer strikes again?
