Wendy Meadows

Monica Brown had two suspects ahead of her on Tawny Clifford's list of enemies. Possibly three. Definitely not herself.

Try telling that to Millpond.

The painkillers in the dead woman's bloodstream matched the prescription Monica had filled for her wisdom teeth. The cup beside the body was from her coffee truck. And the Edgewater Community Council was already drafting the part where Brown's Grounds quietly went out of business.

Sheriff Nathan Thomas believed her. He'd been buying coffee from her window for longer than he'd been admitting why.

But the rumor had already run faster than the evidence. Which meant Monica was going to have to figure out who in this town really wanted Tawny Clifford dead — before the wrong people in Millpond finished what someone else had started.

The strongest brew isn't always the one that gets you. Sometimes it's the one you'd never see coming.

Decaf Deceit is the sixth book in the Brown's Ground Mystery cozy series. If you like spirited female sleuths, charming small-town romance, and puzzles that keep you guessing, you'll love Wendy Meadows's latest caffeinated adventure.