A Subtle Serpent — Eunice Loecher

Zita Stillman and her lifelong friend Zinnia Blossom Winwood become embroiled in yet another murder and a series of life-changing events in the small town of Arbor Vale, Wisconsin.

Professor Clayton Von Volk arrives at Zita's bed-and-breakfast, carrying with him the tragedy of a missing wife. While, after over sixty years, Zita finally learns the truth about her birth parents. She faces protestors against a plan to help at risk children. And a strange dark figure seems to be watching her home.

It all comes to a climax with a power outage, a poisonous snake and a kidnapping.

A Widow's Might is the first of the (Arbor Vale Mystery) Series. Followed by Woman at the Well, (Book Two) The Subtle Serpent, (Book Three), written and coming soon, The Root of All Evil, (Book Four), and Sin Lieth at the Door, (Book Five).