Eden Palms Murder — Dorothy Brenner Francis / Dorothy Francis

Singer-songwriter Bailey Green happily accepts a welcome respite from a cold Iowa winter when her longtime friend and benefactor Francine Shipton asks her to come to Key West. But Bailey no sooner arrives at Francine's stunning beachfront estate when she learns that the elderly woman has been found lying at the foot of her grand staircase -- murdered.

Wealthy Francine was working to donate her Eden Palms mansion to the homeless -- a noble cause meeting much resistance in the posh beach community. Francine had hinted to Bailey that something strange was going on, but she didn't live long enough to share her secrets. Determined to get justice for her friend, Bailey follows an odd assortment of clues that lead her into the heart of the homeless community, where a missing man and a growing list of suspects make her a threat to a killer now determined to send her back to Iowa...in a box.