The Steep Secret

Some vacations are murder. Ellie's is steeping in it. When Ellie trades her bookshop for a thirty-two-foot RV and hits the road with her three best friends, she's expecting answers. Not a body count. The woman who tried to kill her is now behind bars at the Colorado State Penitentiary, dangling Ellie's stolen family journals like bait and insisting Ellie visit in person. After months of taunts, Ellie is done waiting. But between a pit stop at one of Denver's most haunted hotels, a suspicious fellow guest at their charming B&B, and a discovery at the Royal Gorge that no pair of binoculars should ever have to make, this girls' trip goes sideways fast. Now Ellie is juggling a needy spirit with a faulty memory, a small-town secret that someone is willing to kill to protect, and a ghost-whispering gift that's only slightly helpful. With a zesty innkeeper, a cat who always thinks he's in charge, and friends who refuse to let her face any of it alone, Ellie will need every ounce of wit she has, because in Cañon City, the danger is real, the desserts are incredible, and the truth is buried deeper than the gorge itself.