The Poe family (yes, that Poe) celebrates the matron’s eightieth birthday at Edisto Beach. But in a macabre sense of legacy, the members assume a vengeful script of poisonous tricks as they vie for a place in grandmother’s Will. When the grandson is poisoned, Edisto Beach Police Chief Callie Morgan arrives to nail the culprit, only for the family to call the act a prank. All possess the culinary skills endowed upon them by the Grand Dame Doris Woolf Poe, author of a renowned cookbook, and the culprit could be any one of them. Callie finds herself in the middle of a passive-aggressive family feud of the highest order while at the same time juggling her own family feud as her mother tries to suck Callie’s son into a political role he has no desire to pursue. Then when Callie learns her son knows the Poes, her professional and personal lives cross into territory that leads her into very uncomfortable territory. C. Hope Clark has a fascination with the mystery genre and is author of The Carolina Slade Mystery Series and the Craven County Mysteries as well as the Edisto Island Mysteries, all set in her home state of South Carolina. In her previous federal life, she performed administrative investigations and married the agent she met on a bribery investigation. She enjoys nothing more than editing her books on the back porch with him, overlooking the lake, with bourbon in hand. She can be found either on the banks of Lake Murray or Edisto Beach with one or two dachshunds in her lap. Hope is also editor of the award-winning FundsforWriters.com.