It's a beautiful spring day, and Danielle and her kids have been showing Detective Nigel Hawksworth the many covered bridges in the Willamette Valley. The day has been a fun one, and they are nearly done with their tour when they stumble upon the body of a young woman just outside the Crawfordsville Covered Bridge. Danielle doesn't know her, but young Officer Nicholls does. "Oh, Taylor," he cries. "I was going to ask her to marry me on Friday." Danielle and Natalie promise to help find Taylor's killer, but then Nigel announces, "My mum is coming for a visit." How is Danielle supposed to solve a murder while trying to impress Nigel's upper class mother? Throw in Taylor's alcoholic mom, her adorable daughter, and her unsavory former associates, and Danielle and Natalie have their work cut out for them! Debbra Anderson lives in a small town in Western Oregon were she spent more than 25 yeas in the homeschooling community. Now that her children are grown, she is enjoying her morning cup of tea - uninterrupted. Her cozy mystery Hawk Series is set in the Willamette Valley, somewhere north of Eugene.