WELCOME TO SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE THE HOSPITALITY IS WARM AND THE MURDER IS STONE-COLD. Attorney Avery Andrews has returned to her humdrum hometown of Dacus, South Carolina, leaving her job at a powerful law firm in the rearview mirror. But with her Donna Karan suits she's struggling to fit back in. Is it still a place she's able to call home now that she's swapped her prestigious clients for high school bullies and formidable aunts? She finds sanctuary in her grandfather's cabin on Luna Lake until police arrive to investigate a mysterious rumor. But more than secrets lie beneath the dark surface of Luna Lake . . . A body is pulled out of the murky waters and Avery finds herself drawn into the investigation. She soon discovers that her hometown is a hotbed of murder and secrets—and she is at the center of it. But can Avery uncover the killer before anyone else gets hurt? This southern cozy murder mystery is perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing , Karen MacInerney, Katie Gayle, and Faith Martin. Cathy Pickens's first Avery Andrews novel, Southern Fried, won the 2003 St. Martin's Press/Malice Domestic Award for Best New Traditional Mystery. Publishers Weekly called it "a cozy with sharp edges." The five books in the series are set in small-town South Carolina, where Cathy grew up and where her family has lived for 300 years. Cathy has also written a mystery walking tour of Charleston, South Carolina-Charleston Mysteries-and a series of North Carolina true crime histories, starting with Charlotte True Crime Stories and True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina. At the juncture of her life as a business and creative person is CREATE! Developing Your Own Creative Process. Drawn from years of workshops with artists, business leaders, technical specialists, jail inmates, and residential rehab clients, it reminds readers that yes, everyone is creative-but how can you better develop and use it? At various times and under various aliases, she has been an attorney; a university provost; a church organist and choir director; and a ballroom and clog dance coach. In her other life, Cathy worked as a lawyer and as business professor at Queens University of Charlotte, where she initiated a popular MBA elective on the creative process. Narrating stories from a place of curiosity, compassion, and delight, Tiffany Morgan accesses her twenty-plus years as an actor to lift the story from the page and into the listener's imagination. Having narrated over 200 titles in a variety of genres, Tiffany's sweet spot is balanced somewhere between cozy mysteries, stories set in the southern United States, and nonfiction books with an empowered female point of view. She also has enjoyed narrating dozens of children's books and educational titles for school curriculums and training. In addition to audiobooks, Tiffany works regularly in film and television, regional theater productions, improv, and a diverse group of animated series.