As the director of Barton Farm, a living history museum, Kelsey Cambridge is underpaid and underappreciated, but she loves every minute of it. Determined to keep the struggling museum open, she plans to impress Barton Farms wealthy benefactress, Cynthia Cherry, with a Civil War reenactment on the farms grounds. Unfortunately, the first shot in the battle isnt from a period soldier. Its from Cynthias greedy nephew, Maxwell, who fires a threat at Kelsey to cut the museums funding. The next morning, things go from bad to worse when Kelsey discovers Maxwell dead. Now Kelsey is the number one suspect, and she must start her own investigation to save Barton Farm . . . and herself. Praise History and Civil War buffs will enjoy the historical details woven through the mystery, and Kelsey and the secondary characters are well drawn and sympathetic.
