Dying for a Change

A corpse in a closet spoils real estate broker Ellie McKenzie's first ever sale. The victim, Hank Sawyer, a local hot-shot contractor, wasn't known for his upstanding business practices. In fact, he'd been pushing forward a controversial land deal to build a discount store. Who hated him enough to want him dead? Too many people to count, including Ellie's own boss and the victim's wife.

Ellie, newly relocated back in her Santa Louisa hometown, takes the murder personally. After all, she found the body, and now her own coworkers are under suspicion. But digging into the dirty laundry of the folks she grew up with leads to the discovery of yet another body. And if she's not careful, her next closing might be her last.