Whiskey on the Rocks — Nina Wright

Still reeling from her husband's sudden death, 33-year-old Whiskey Mattimoe has her hands full managing her real estate business and keeping track of Chester, the 8-year-old son of a touring superstar harpist. And then there's Abra--her late husband's Afghan hound with a diva attitude--and her penchant for stealing clients' purses.

When someone turns up dead at one of Whiskey's properties, the Magnet Springs part-time police force--canine officer Roscoe and two cops of the human variety--needs all the help it can get. This quiet Lake Michigan resort town is known for its mysterious magnetic fields, not murder, and the locals would like to keep it that way. Whiskey, with assistance from her loveable but eccentric friends and neighbors, uncovers art theft, forgery, and some nasty little secrets about the people who have descended on her quiet town--and now it seems that she knows too much, because someone's out to get her too.

Savvy and streetsmart, Whiskey knows she can take care of herself (well, with the aid of an exceptionally well-trained "Rott Hound" and more than a little luck), but to survive, she's got to unravel the tangled web of deceit. All this intrigue is not only bad for Whiskey, it's killing her business!