Bones and Roses (Cypress Bay #1)
Eileen Goudge

In a picturesque California seaside town, an intrepid property manager attracts the right clients, the wrong boyfriends, and a kinky killer
After wrecking her real estate career in a booze-fueled blowout, Cypress Bay property manager and recovering alcoholic Tish Ballard thought she had put her past behind her. But when she opens an old trunk, a bequest from an anonymous benefactor, she finds it filled with bones and roses.
Suddenly Tish is plunged into a murder case that dates back to her childhood. Pitted against her high school crush, homicide detective Spence Breedlove, she finds herself in jeopardy—in more ways than one. Can Tish unmask a killer before the man who broke her heart puts her behind bars or, worse, she becomes a corpse herself?
With a suspenseful, surprising plot and touches of romances and humor, the New York Times–bestselling author of Garden of Lies delivers a delectable cozy mystery.
Bones and Roses is the 1st book in the Cypress Bay Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
After wrecking her real estate career in a booze-fueled blowout, Cypress Bay property manager and recovering alcoholic Tish Ballard thought she had put her past behind her. But when she opens an old trunk, a bequest from an anonymous benefactor, she finds it filled with bones and roses.
Suddenly Tish is plunged into a murder case that dates back to her childhood. Pitted against her high school crush, homicide detective Spence Breedlove, she finds herself in jeopardy—in more ways than one. Can Tish unmask a killer before the man who broke her heart puts her behind bars or, worse, she becomes a corpse herself?
With a suspenseful, surprising plot and touches of romances and humor, the New York Times–bestselling author of Garden of Lies delivers a delectable cozy mystery.
Bones and Roses is the 1st book in the Cypress Bay Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.