Deadly Options

A Mapleton Mystery/Pine Hills Police crossover, a blend of cozy and police procedural from Award Winning Author Terry Odell.

Are Gordon's Days in Mapleton Numbered?

All Mapleton Police Chief Gordon Hepler wants is to enjoy a rare quiet moment and have a peaceful lunch. Before he can finish his sandwich, Angie, his wife, calls to say her business partner is going to be arrested at a wedding reception they're catering. Seems her partner stumbled upon the body of one of the guests—the mother of the groom. Was it a natural death? Suicide? Homicide?

A death at an event could mean the end of Angie's catering business. What will happen to their plans to move out of Angie's cramped apartment and into a house they can call their own?

Gordon and his officers deal with questioning guests, including a self-centered bride and her new husband who doesn't seem upset that his mother has died unexpectedly. Or was it...