Swan Song — Judith K. Ivie

No. 8 in the Kate Lawrence Mystery Series: Margo's Auntie May is nominated for a prestigious award at the Mysteries USA Convention at the Hartford Hilton, so she reluctantly attends the opening night reception with Margo and Kate. By the next day, the sudden death of a publishing colleague has overshadowed the proceedings. The mystery deepens when May receives a letter from the victim, leaving her the rights to an unpublished manuscript from a bestselling author, now deceased, and giving her coded clues about where to find it. As Kate, Margo, Strutter and May race to crack the code, it becomes obvious that they're not alone in their quest. Meanwhile, changes abound in the lives of the youngsters around them, including two immature swans on the Spring Street Pond. Can the blockbuster new title save May's struggling publishing business, or will it be her swan song?