Cabot Cove’s crime-solving novelistJessica Fletcher has another mystery to solve, this time for the sake of adearly departed friend, in this installment of the USA Today bestselling series.

Jessica and her friend Doctor SethHazlitt get the shock of their lives when they travel to a Florida retirementcommunity for the funeral of their old friend Portia Shelby, only to discover thatshe did not die of natural causes. Needless to say, America’s beloved sleuthsoon finds herself with a Palm Beach potboiler on her hands. Who would want tokill her dear friend? Was it a neighbor with a personal grudge or maybe thevictim’s handsome husband, next in line to inherit her riches? One thing is certain:the beach umbrellas aren’t the only shady things in this seemingly innocentcommunity. Now Jessica is in a race against time to solve this Floridian mysterybefore it’s too late.