A writer's conference.
A murdered author.
A room full of people who know how to tell a convincing story.
Bestselling cozy mystery author Evangeline "Evan" York arrives at the Louisville Annual Writer's Conference expecting lively panels, publishing gossip, and a crime-solving seminar led by Detective William Todd.
Instead, author Constance Sawyer collapses in the crowded hotel lobby.
A suspicious mark on her neck suggests her death was no accident, and the conference is filled with people who had reasons to want her silenced. Constance left behind a secret affair, damaged reputations, professional rivalries, and evidence of something far more dangerous hiding beneath the polished surface of the publishing world.
With Todd leading the official investigation, Evan's knowledge of the writing industry, criminal-justice background, and instinct for recognizing when someone's story does not fit make her an unexpected asset. But every answer exposes another lie, and someone is determined to keep Constance's final discovery from coming to light.
Someone came to the conference with a plan, and Evan may be getting dangerously close to uncovering it.
Poison & Prose: Two Birds, One Pen is the first Rosebriar Cozy Murder Mystery, featuring a clever author sleuth, an evidence-minded detective, an opinionated Persian cat, fair-play clues, clean humor, and a publishing-world mystery where everyone has a story to tell, but not everyone is telling the truth.