Some inheritances come at a deadly cost.
When Demelza Blaine inherits shares in a historic whiskey distillery, she's caught between two men locked in a bitter business dispute. A weekend at the luxurious Serenity Glade Hotel was meant to help her decide the company's future-until one of them turns up dead.
Callum Hunter is found in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand, a bullet in his head and his room key on the night stand. Suicide seems obvious, but DI Gideon Meredith isn't convinced. Hunter had plenty of enemies: furious employees, bitter rivals, and scorned lovers. The question isn't who wanted him dead-it's who actually pulled the trigger.
With Demelza's no nonsense housekeeper Mabel McCracken offering pithy observations and Gideon conducting his methodical investigation, Demelza finds herself piecing together clues others have missed. But as secrets unravel and the body count rises, it soon becomes obvious the killer isn't finished.