Murder on Old Main Street — Judith K. Ivie

Small-town gossip can be murder, especially when a ruthless blackmailer is involved. Book 3 in the Kate Lawrence mystery series finds Kate and her partners running a fledgling realty office in the Wethersfield Law Barn, an eccentric structure with an interesting history. When a local gossip is found murdered during the annual Autumn Festival, the amateur sleuths are once again asked to discover the truth before a local business owner is unjustly accused, or more unthinkably, Kate's daughter Emma falls under suspicion.