Last Word to the Wise

The Christie sisters and their bookshop cat,Agathaflirt with coldhearted crime when bookish matchmaking turns into a date with death. Sisters Ellie and Meg Christie share a love of booksreadingand their new roles as co-caretakers of the Book Chalettheir familyΓÇÖs historic bookshop tucked midway up a scenic Colorado mountain. But romance? ThatΓÇÖs another story. Ellie and Meg joke that theyΓÇÖre in sisterly competition for worst relationships. So when their cousin signs them up for her newest business endeavorΓÇömatchmaking based on bookish tastesΓÇöthe sisters approach their blind double dates with foot-dragging dread. While EllieΓÇÖs date meets her low expectationsMegΓÇÖs matcha book-loving romantic straight out of classic literaturecharms her over a lovely dinner. The next morningMeg is giddy with anticipation of a second dateΓÇöuntil sheΓÇÖs stood up without a word. She fumes that she should have known better. Howeverher date had a good reason for ghosting her: HeΓÇÖs dead. Murderedthe police later confirm. As the last known person to see the victim aliveMeg becomes a prime suspect in his death. She grimly quips that at least her dating record canΓÇÖt get any worse. But it does. A thorn from MegΓÇÖs romantic past returns to their little town of Last Wordespousing motives too sweet to believe. To sleuth out the truththe sisters must sift through secrets deeper than the February snowfall. Clues accumulatebut so do suspectscrimesand betrayals. Ellie and Meg canΓÇÖt afford to leave any page unturned. Romance may not be their fortebut hearts and lives are on the lineand the Christies know how to solve a mysteryΓÇöespecially when murder is involved.