About This Book
Newly-widowed Trixie Collier Blake has planted her feet in her hometown of Dreamland, Arkansas. Never mind that the shadowy development corporation targeted her almost to death because she wouldn't sell the building left to her by a grandfather she barely remembered. Never mind the second floor was once the Castle Casino frequented by none other than Al Capone. Never mind that he used the network of tunnels running under the building and around town to make bootleg liquor during Prohibition. And never mind that he's still hanging around as evidenced by the frequent smell of cigar smoke. With the first floor occupied by senior citizen sisters, Letha and Stella Drummond, and their successful Sunshine Style Shoppe, plans for a gift shop and tea room on the second floor are almost complete. But with the grand opening just around the corner, a resurgence of interest in the tunnels has Trixie spooked—and it looks like she's being targeted again, but this time she doesn't know why. Meanwhile, Danny Jefferson has developed a passionate interest in and a true talent for photography. Then he and newcomer Stephanie Wallace, who plans to open a dance studio, stumble on a decades-old cold case. By the time Sean Mercer, a forensic anthropologist, gets involved, Trixie is convinced once again that she made the wrong decision to stay in Dreamland. But there's Mitch Langley—a friend she can count on because he knows exactly where she is in her grief journey—and Rudy and Dee James, high school classmates who believe in the future of Dreamland. After the turbulent events surrounding the attempted take-over of the downtown for criminal purposes, Trixie has established an uneasy truce with Police Chief Doug Everton whose knowledge of her origins is as displeasing to him as it is to her. She barely has Trixie's Treasures off the ground when events come to an explosive climax deep in the hidden tunnels. A search for the treasure Al Capone is rumored to have left behind brings the interested parties together—and threatens Trixie's life one more time.
