Confessions of an Amateur Sleuth

Meg Gates calls Bainbridge Island on Puget Sound home. Working in her mom’s bookstore, Island Books, and caring for her cocker spaniel, Watson, she’s trying to start life over as a sleuth. But her new career path leads straight to a killer who’s cooking up plans of his own . . .

Amateur sleuth and aspiring author Meg Gates has a confession: solving crimes may be easier than writing. She’s been working on a guide to becoming a detective—but she’s her own worst critic.

At the Bainbridge Island writers’ group, she meets freelance food critic Lee Anderson, who invites her to join him for dinner at the Local Crab. Lee is a bit of a crab himself and intends to do a hatchet job on the eatery.

Instead, someone does a job on the critic—he’s found dead by the marina. Meg dons her sleuthing cap to solve the mystery du jour before another murder is served cold . . .