The Body in the Beaver Pond — Cathy Perkins

Even an event planner doesn't plan on murder.Keri Isles desperately needs to sell the Christmas Tree farm her cheating, jerk of an ex-husband convinced his buddy, the judge, to saddle her with in the divorce settlement. Stuck in the Cascade Mountains, she's lost her Seattle-based event planner job and local job prospects are as scarce as internet service. When she finds the arrogant professor in charge of the nearby archeology dig floating face-down in her beaver pond, unloading the property becomes secondary to staying out of prison. A savvy—and scheming—attorney may be able to keep her head above water, but the personal price of his retainer may be too high. It's up to Keri to use her mad networking skills and deploy a team of archaeology students, a bad boy photographer, and assorted eccentric neighbors to find the killer and clear her name.In the market for a new cozy mystery? The Body in the Beaver Pond is:• Perfect for readers of Kate Carlisle, Jana DeLeon, and Julie Mulhern• Just right for fans of small-town fiction and amateur sleuthsFrom an award-winning, bestselling author comes The Body in the Beaver Pond, the first book in the Event Planner Series. When Keri Isles, unemployed event planner, relocates to a Christmas tree farm in Washington state's Cascade Mountains, she gets more than she bargained for. With one person dead, this amateur sleuth will have to crack the case—and get the tree farm up and running—before she's buried as well!