"A Thomas Dunne book."

Beth McKenzie's attempt to turn an old Southern mansion into a bed and breakfast called The Dixie Dew is thwarted when her first guest is found dead in bed. Three days later a young priest who looks better in tennis whites than clerick black, is found strangled in his chapel. The whole town of Littleboro is abuzz, and Ossie Delbardo, the town cop whose job heretofore mainly involved controlling football traffic on Friday nights, is not cut out to solve the murders. With her barely opened B&B in danger of failing, and aided by her friend from high school and trusty handyman, Beth sets out to discover the truth of the murders.