The Blue Ridge Parkway is billed as “America’s Favorite Drive”. Four hundred and sixty-nine miles of scenic beauty and breathtaking views. Exactly the kind of road trip J.K. and Howard love. After completing the southern half of the Parkway the previous year, now they’re off to finish the northern section. Taking their time. Relaxing. Being in awe of the magnificent mountains, valleys, forests, and streams. No hustle. No bustle. No worries. No problems. For the first hour, anyway. Then they have some bad luck which leaves them stranded in a small North Carolina town. A peaceful little town with friendly people, great food, and interesting places to visit. But this little town also serves up the last thing J.K. and Howard needed to encounter again: A murder. True to form, J.K. and Howard get caught in the middle of the investigation of a homicide that occurs right after they arrive. If that wasn’t bad enough, the victim may have had ties to an organized crime ring. A really dangerous organized crime ring. And for some reason its leaders are taking a keen interest in our septuagenarian couple. In this seventh Happenstance Murder Mystery , it’s a real test of J.K.’s intuition and tenacity and Howard’s use of facts, logic, and deductive reasoning (not to mention his “gift”) as the path to the killer keeps going deeper and deeper into diverging rabbit holes.