At home on Sanpere Island Maine caterer and amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild discovers that real estate can be murder especially when its all in the family in this twenty-third book in the popular mystery seriesThe Fourth of July is one of the hottest on record and even the breeze off Penobscot Bay cant seem to cool things down for Faith Fairchild and the rest of the folks on Sanpere Island But the fireworks are just beginning After the celebrations are over Faith discovers a body in the woods near The Birches an early twentieth-century cottageThe body is identified as The Birches housekeeper who seems to have succumbed to a heart attack The death is only one of the dramatic events upending the historic house A family gathering has been called to decide who will inherit the much loved and very valuable estate that has been in the Proctor family for generations With this much money involved its just a matter of time before trouble arisesFaith is juggling her own family problems Her teenage son Ben has started a new job as a dishwasher at The Laughing Gull Lodgelearning things that could land him in very hot water And her daughter Amy is worried about her new friend Daisy Proctor Daisy is terrifiedconvinced that someone is trying to eliminate her mother from getting a share of The Birches To protect her children Faith has to find a possible murdererbefore he strikes too close to her own home.
