Hey Diddle Diddle, the Corpse and the Fiddle — Fran Rizer

NOBODY'S LEAVING THE ISLAND--INCLUDING THE KILLER...

Mortuary cosmetologist Callie Parrish is thrilled to pack up her banjo and take off with her best friend, Jane, for a bluegrass festival on Surcie Island. A whole weekend of her favorite kind of music, Gullah food, and fun in the sun is just what Callie needs to erase the memory of being locked in a casket last fall. But somehow, she just can't seem to leave her work behind her...

Little Fiddlin' Fred might be tiny in stature, but he's huge in the bluegrass world. When his dead body tumbles out of a bass case onstage, the festival erupts in chaos. Local cops advise Callie not to get involved, but when Jane discovers a second corpse--and then disappears--Callie has no choice. Her sleuthing leads her to a widow too busy flirting to mourn, another fiddler awfully eager to fill in, and a water witch convinced he can find whatever treasures might be hiding under the sand--but Callie'll also learn that on an island, you tend to keep going in circles...