Double Barrel: A Cozy Mystery with Romance

The Bourbon Trail Cozy Mysteries with Romance Book 1

By: R.F. Price

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When legacy is worth killing for, the truth has to be aged… and poured.

Yellowstone meets Knives Out in a Southern-noir mystery set in Kentucky’s bourbon country. When a suspicious still-house explosion kills her father, former Wall Street strategist Clara Whitlock returns home to inherit a struggling distillery—and a target on her back.

Polished elites, old-money dynasties, and a rival bourbon empire want Whitlock Distillery silenced. Clara finds missing shipments, encrypted ledgers, and one cryptic note: “Double Barrel.” With the help of rugged master distiller Jack Kincaid, she uncovers a network of counterfeit whiskey, black-market deals, and modern corruption that stretches from Bardstown to Manhattan.

Every answer costs her. Every ally has a price. And every barrel hides a secret.

• Fearless, female-led mystery: A sharp, likeable heroine with Beth-Dutton grit—who rarely drinks, to the bourbon elite’s dismay.
• Southern-noir atmosphere: Rolling Bluegrass hills, creaking rickhouses, copper stills, and polite menace behind perfect smiles.
• High-tension stakes: Family legacy vs. corporate power, black-market bourbon, and a killer who won’t hesitate to strike again.
• Slow-burn chemistry: Clara and Jack—respect, friction, and heat without overshadowing the mystery.

Perfect for fans of: gritty small-town suspense, generational feuds, and smart whodunits with romantic undercurrents.

What you’ll get: tight plotting, sharp dialogue, twisty reveals, and a finale that sets the stage for Book 2.

Series: The Bourbon Trail Mysteries — Book One. Each novel delivers a complete mystery while expanding the larger war for Kentucky’s bourbon empire.

Content: PG-13 intensity (violence, danger, language), no graphic content.

If you love female-driven mystery thrillers drenched in Southern atmosphere and family intrigue, uncork Double Barrel tonight.