Grave New World

Jane Ladling cordially invites you to the world’s most romantic wedding.

But first, there's a few items to check off her to-do list: actually plan the festivities, find a way to pay for said festivities, and avoid finding a dead body . . . OOPS—solve a murder.

As the owner of a landlocked cemetery and self-proclaimed expert amateur sleuth, Jane knows death inside and out. After receiving an invite to speak at a local writer’s club, she discovers a dead body upon arrival, plus an invitation from the killer.

Player one is ready. Are you?

Now the game is on!

With a newly elected (smoking hot) sheriff who doubles as her overprotective fiancé, a gaggle of enabling best friends, and a lovingly vicious guardcat at her side, the intrepid Jane has no doubt she’ll win. But as clues lead everywhere and nowhere at once, another victim is discovered, and an ancient family curse rears its ugly head. Jane realizes she’s caught in a battle between cat and mouse. To succeed, she’ll have to lay a trap of her own…

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Always so much fun with Jane!

Not even her upcoming nuptials can stop Jane from literally stumbling upon a murder. Luckily Detective Sheriff McHottypants has finally come to accept that Jane will sleuth so he might as well give her the advantage of being a consultant. Ashley, Jane’s non-nemesis, nemesis, possibly friend makes for a great sounding board in addition to her trusted Team Truth. Of course there are obstacles, funny moments and lots of love but then there is that stupid pesky curse that Jane thought she was over. Not to mention that Lucy, an old friend turned maybe traitor, turns up Jane’s not sure that they will both be alive to ever even get hitched. No matter, this case will get solved?! Or will it….