When Aaron Burgess is found slumped over the steering wheel of his tractor and rushed to the Underwood Medical Clinic by his friend and business partner Quito Escobar, no one expected that the situation would turn into a homicide investigation. But when it does, newly licensed private investigator Devereaux Sinclair and her fiancé Jake Del Vecchio are hired to find the murderer. Was Aaron a random victim of some psycho killer or was his murder something much much more personal? * * * Love is in the air of Shadow Bend, Missouri. Dev and Jake are engaged and moving in together. Jake’s ex-wife is working for and dating Dev’s ex-boyfriend. And Jake’s Uncle Tony has been reunited with his first sweetheart, Birdie. It even looks as if Dev’s BFF, Boone St. Onge, has found his special someone. But romance comes to a screeching halt when a mysterious murder takes place. This puzzle isn’t just whodunnit, but how and why. With a short list of suspects, Dev and Jake are in a race to figure out the answers before someone else gets planted six feet under.