Carolyn Mulford

Former CIA agent Phoenix Smith has barely settled back in her Missouri town when her best friend--Annalynn Keyser--enlists her help in finding a missing farmer. Turns out Jesse Tornell never left his property, His body is found hidden behind a deer blind with a rifle at this side and a broken antler in his back. Could Tornell's killer be of the four-legged variety? While Annalynn leads the official investigation--and possible connection to the recent...

"A young barmaid confessed to killing an attacker and setting a fire to conceal that. Months later her dying mother begs ex-spy Phoenix Smith to prove Sheriff Annalynn Keyser's late husband prompted a false confession. Only identifying the real killer will free the daughter to care for her fatherless child. Phoenix and singer Connie Diamante investigate but don't tell Annalynn, their lifelong friend. The investigation takes the women to the burnt-out...