[The Early Bird Cafe Mystery 02] • Deadly Surprise

Kori is over the moon excited to be going on a date with none other than Lieutenant Zach Gulch, childhood crush and stunner to look at. But that thrill is quickly stifled the next day when Zach reveals that family DNA showed up at a crime scene in nearby Scoter Circle.

They both know the DNA isn’t Kori’s but it belongs to a close male relative. With her father long dead and her cousin Tyler living across the country, that only leaves Jay as a suspect. And it turns out his gun was also in the right place at the wrong time to pin everything on him.

Now, Kori and Jay have a list of online dating profiles that become the top suspects, starting with the deceased’s violent ex-husband. Will they be able to find the real killer before Jay is behind bars with a guilty conviction for a murder he barely knows anything about? And why did the murderer try to frame him—he hadn’t been in touch with Heidi for years.

As the questions pile up, they hope the body count stays at one.

INCLUDED: In The Kitchen with Ginny Gold—Breakfast (or lunch) Smoothies straight off The Early Bird Café’s menu!

**Deadly Surprise is approx. 28K words and is volume 2 in the The Early Bird Café Cozy Mystery Series. Ginny’s books can be read and enjoyed in any order.