Diamonds & Dirt: A Small-Town Cozy Mystery Romance (A Fox Hill Southern Mystery)

By Rory Allison and Stephanie LaVigne

Caitlyn Clayborne: ambitious Chicago realtor, reluctant Music Hall inheritor, and... small town investigator? The tiny, honky tonk town of Fox Hill was never big enough for Caitlyn. One day, she'd packed up her life, leaving Fox Hill, TN--and everyone in it--in the dust. Since then she's kept her eyes focused on her future, barely glancing in the mirror of her past. But the winds of change have been spiraling around her lately, stirring up an itch to conquer something new. She's thinking an MBA at a prestigious University is in the cards, but news of an unexpected inheritance throws a wrench in her newly oiled plan.When her grandparents retire, they book a pair of one-way tickets to Cruise Shipping life. But before they hit the high seas they come up with the clever idea of leaving their once illustrious Music Hall to Caitlyn. But there's one tricky stipulation: she can do with it what she pleases, but she has to sign all the paperwork on-site...in dusty, derelict ol' Fox Hill.Just as abruptly as she left her hometown behind for a shiny, new life, Caitlyn finds herself back in Tennessee, reluctantly reconnecting with her childhood best friend, Reba, and Reba's curiously grumpy brother, Kurt. It's supposed to be a quick in-and-out: sell the Music Hall and get back to Chicago. But a mystery is afoot and the Music Hall is in unsellable shambles! Caitlyn's not the first person to sense foul play in Fox Hill, but she is the first to begrudgingly investigate it. In order to return to the city in time to start her new adventure there, Caitlyn must first get to the bottom of the Beaumont Cornmeal Company mystery and fix up the Music Hall. Her old hometown is on its last legs, and if a little sleuthing isn't done, Fox Hill may well crumble, along with all of Caitlyn's sweet childhood memories. To do that, she must rely on the help of the very people she left behind. Worst of all, she soon finds she needs Kurt Hunter's help the most, though he seems to be the person least inclined to give it... From decrepit box office attendants to reformed dance instructors to trigger-happy ranchers, Caitlyn must navigate Fox Hill's quirky inhabitants to gather clues and claw to the bottom of the Beaumont Cornmeal Company mystery before time runs out--for her and for Fox Hill.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1790406447
• ISBN13: 9781790406449
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.3"