A dead car, a vacation to the Pacific Northwest that’s really all about running away, and a bad guy face down on the steps of her rented cottage make Claire crave home more than chocolate cake and great home cooking. With only her beloved doggie as a companion, even the promise of hopping a ferry for the beautiful San Juan Islands seems like an impossibility when everyone is trying to point fingers at each other. Right in the middle of it all, Claire has to convince the tight-knit town that she’s not the murderer, even if the clues tell another, horrible story.