Clues and Casseroles

Meg Calloway came home to Bainbridge Island to bury her landlady and sell the cottage. She stayed because of a recipe box. Inside are handwritten cards — casseroles, preserves, a terrible 1970s gelatin salad — each one marked with a name and a date. Every date matches the day someone on the island died. When a ferry captain collapses at the farmers' market and a new card appears in Meg's kitchen, the quiet town on the water starts to feel very small indeed. Her ex, harbour patrol officer Danny Vu, tells her to let the county handle it. Meg has never been good at letting things rise undisturbed. A Bainbridge Island cozy murder mystery about grief, small towns, and the recipes that outlive us.