The Carlton County Murders

The last person Lavender Aramath Thibideaus expects to meet at the open house of her bookstore, Mysterious Death, Ink., is the ghost of a former policeman. His appearance usually presages a death. A hit-and-run homicide and a questionable death at a rest area on I-35 follow. These two deaths begin a rampage of murder and mayhem, spurred by the pursuit of the mastermind of a local drug cartel. Lavender and her two police officer cousins, Alphonse and Herbert from New Orleans, become involved in a quest to disrupt the drug pipeline. Lavender finds herself drawm to Police Chief Anthony Prescott after he presents her with a small houseguest, Mac the Dog.