Totally Pawstruck

Sarah Grayson, owner of Second Chance thrift store in North Harbor, Maine, is walking home from dinner with a friend when they spot a man lying in the street while a woman stands over him. Sarah and Jess run to help. They recognize Stella Hall, a woman in her 70s, who has blood on her coat and hands from the glass ball she carries. Sarah tries to help the man, Vincent Swift, but realizes he might not survive. Questioned by the police, Stella claims that everyone in town who knows Vincent might want to hurt him. When he dies, Stella hires Charlotte’s Angels, the PI agency that works out of Second Chance, to find the actual killer. The longer the investigation goes on, the more Sarah understands why no one liked Vincent. People were fired because of a lawsuit; a man blames his daughter’s death on Vincent; and even his son changed his name and moved away. In their small community, the amateur sleuth and others will find a way to assist the killer who warrants more sympathy than the victim.