The Big Steep - Sandra Balzo

Wisconsin coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen attempts to solve a mystery steeped in shocking family secrets, tragedy and murder.Maggy Thorsen''s new neighbours, Philip and Vivian Woodward, are forging ahead with their plans for The Big Steep tea shop. Philip''s enthusiasm to turn the neglected cottage once owned by Vivian''s reclusive grandparents, the Koepplers, into a tea lover''s paradise is infectious, but Vivian seems less excited. And when Maggy''s sheepdog Frank arrives at Uncommon Grounds coffeehouse bearing a ''gift'' he discovered in the Woodwards'' compost heap, the tea shop project takes a chilling turn . . .As the Woodwards'' backyard becomes a crime scene, a deadly chain of events is set in motion. Can Maggy dig up the truth of what happened at the cottage many years ago before further tragedy strikes?