Lilac Avenue — Pamela Grandstaff

When Claire Fitzpatrick returned to Rose Hill after working in Hollywood for twenty years, she never dreamed she had come home to stay. Three months later she is working at the Bee Hive Hair Salon, sleeping in her childhood bedroom, and wondering what to do with the rest of her life. When one of her customers is murdered, Claire is determined to find out who did it and why. She's also learning that when a situation feels familiar, it may be a sign to run in the opposite direction. Police Chief Scott Gordon doesn't believe Rose Hill's crankiest octogenarian died from natural causes, but he dreads calling in the Sheriff's homicide detective Sarah Albright to help him prove it. He's finally engaged to the love of his life, and he doesn't want anything, or anyone, to rock the leaky boat that is his relationship with Maggie Fitzpatrick. Everyone in town has an opinion about their wedding, but the person whose opinion matters most â€" Maggie â€" doesn't want to talk about it. It's June in Rose Hill, and along with the warm sunshine and blue skies have come political upheaval, shocking scandals, and an outbreak of mysterious murders.