The Body in the Attic — Lee Anderson

With a fizzled-out romance and city life behind her, Tracy Adams moves to the peaceful countryside of the Sierra foothills to make a fresh start. Everything about her new life is perfect, especially her very own cozy log house. Nothing could spoil her happiness--except the dead man's arm that falls on her when she opens up her attic! Before she even finishes unpacking, Tracy is thrust into a murder mystery that has the police confounded.

The corpse turns out to be Jim Perry, the previous owner of Tracy's house and her company's production manager. No one can discern a motive for his murder, and after the shock of finding him subsides, Tracy decides to ignore suggestions that she move out of her house temporarily. It isn't long before trouble starts up again, however. An intruder breaks in several times, and a person is seen lurking in her backyard. Someone is after secret information that Jim possessed and will stop at nothing to get it. Now Tracy's home may be the last place she's safe!