Pickled Petunia — Dahlia Donovan

Mystery beckons when a young woman seeks out budding amateur detective Pineapple Motts Mottley to find her missing mother in the third novel of the Motts Cold Case Mystery series. Murder comes to Motts's doorstep when a stranger asks her to investigate a suspicious disappearance. Past experience tells her to say no yet her curiosity wins out. What's the harm in asking a few questions? The missing person case quickly evolves into murder when a body is found in the strangest circumstances. Motts sifts through various suspects and lies, only to come face to face with danger. Things become even more personal when a killer from her childhood makes an unwelcome appearance.  How many close calls can Motts escape? Will she survive amidst a flood of beer and a catastrophic inferno?