1 DOWN: DEATH BY HOMICIDE

Quinn Carr wishes her life could be more like a crossword puzzle: neat, orderly, and perfectly arranged. At least her passion for puzzles, flair for wordsand mild case of OCDhave landed her a gig creating crosswords for the local paper. But if she ever hopes to move out of her parents house, she cant give up her day job as a waitress. She needs the tips. But when a customer ends up dead at her tableface down in bisquits and gravyQuinn needs to get a clue to find whodunit . . .

6 LETTERS, STARTS WITH M

It turns out that solving a murder is a lot harder than a creating a crossword. Quinn has plenty of suspectsup, down, and across. One of them is her boss, the owner of the diner who shares a culinary past with the victim. Two of them are ex-wives, her bosss and the victims. A third complication is the Chief of Police who refuses to allow much investigation, preferring the pretense their town has no crime. To solve this mystery, Quinn has to think outside the boxesbefore the killer gets the last word . . .

Includes original crossword puzzles!