Bitter Roots — Karin Kaufman

A snowed-in hotel in the Colorado mountains. A killer on the loose.

Anna Denning and her fiancé are determined to spend a restful weekend at a mountain hotel. Sleeping late, reading books by a roaring fire. All they have to do is ignore the raging snowstorm outside and the hotel's strange guests and surly staff inside.

But when one of those guests, a newspaper reporter, tells Anna the police are investigating two of the other guests -- and that she's been sent to spy on them -- Anna's hopes for a quiet getaway begin to fade. They're dashed altogether when she realizes she's sharing her weekend with a cold-hearted killer.

In order to survive, Anna must discover the truth about her fellow guests. Who are these people? And what has brought them together, to an isolated hotel, in the middle of a Colorado snowstorm?

The Anna Denning Mystery Series is written from a Christian worldview. If you like supernaturally tinged mysteries and a heroine who battles the forces of darkness with the shield of faith, you'll love this series.

The Anna Denning Mystery Series in order:

The Witch Tree, book 1

Sparrow House, book 2

The Sacrifice, book 3

The Club, book 4

Bitter Roots, book 5