Opening an old-fashioned five-and-dime shop in her small Missouri hometown has been a great change for Devereaux Dev Sinclair. But when she hosts a reading group there, she learns that bad writing can mean life or death.
To keep her new business in the black, Dev opens up her shop to local clubs. But in the first meeting of the Stepping Out Book Club, the speaker storms out after members attack his poetrys sexism and scorn for small towns. Later that night, the poets body is found outside Devs store.
Dev cant afford for the murder to close her down, so she does a little stepping out of her own to investigate, with help from her two sexy suitors, Dr. Noah Underwood and Deputy U.S. Marshal Jake Del Vecchio. But when the killer threatens Dev, they will have to use every trick in the book to solve the case before she becomes the final chapter in this murder mystery.
Includes a sneak peek at the next Scumble River Mystery!
