Overview

Henry and Emily Fox really want to enjoy their retirement in lovely Sugarbury Falls, Vermont, but somehow murder seems to get in the way. This time, Emily is teaching a writing summer "camp" for advanced authors and her class of six students are already short one when Emily discovers his body next to his bicycle in a ravine during one of her early morning walks. The local coroner--who also happens to be a friend of the couple--suspects foul play, probably poison, when he can discover no medical reason for the young man's fatal crash.Soon, Emily is on the case. Not only did she discover the body, but with the victim being one of her students, she feels obligated to investigate. Henry is there to assist her, his medical knowledge more than helpful in these circumstances. Who could have poisoned the young cyclist? And why? Could it have anything to do with Emily's class or the other five students enrolled in it? Maybe Emily can ferret out the killer with some ingenious writing assignments. Of course, as life often does, fate throws the Foxes a totally unexpected curve ball and they wake up to find themselves not only detectives, but parents. Can they pull off raising a belligerent adolescent and solve a murder at the same time? It's a possibility.