Sisters Andrea and Kathleen hope for a pleasant winter weekend in the Canaan Valley—until their hotelkeeper is murdered. The sheriff enlists the sisters’ help, since they discovered the body, and they’re staying in the hotel where the crime occurred. There are several suspects, and plenty of clues. Can Andrea and Kathleen solve the case before they become the next victims?Retirement is a time for knitting, gardening, and an occasional quiet lunch with friends, according to Kathleen Williamson. Her sister Andrea has an altogether different point of view. When the sisters go to the Canaan Valley to search for paintings mentioned in a document found in an old hotel once owned by their grandparents—paintings that might be Monets—Andrea immediately becomes involved in tracking down a murderer. Kathleen would much rather be looking for the paintings, but she goes along with Andrea, since the victim was their hotel-keeper, murdered just down the hall from their room. The question is: Does the murder have something to do with the elusive paintings?There are many clues and many suspects, including hotel staff, valley residents, and the mysterious foreigners who come from the Eastern Seaboard for skiing. There are also many types of danger—icy roads, sub-zero temperatures, and a killer who doesn’t care how many people die in the attempt to make sure the right ones do.

The village of Pine Summit is so quiet it seems that nothing exciting could ever happen there. Yet when Andrea Flynn and her sister Kathleen are around, murder and mayhem are the order of the day. It's lucky for the locals that the sisters enjoy investigating, because Andrea has a logical mind that's perfect for solving mysteries. Kathleen is there to encourage her and to tell their stories.In the first of these three short mysteries, the sisters solve the murder of Pine Summit's philandering mayor—while putting their own lives in danger. In another story, Andrea rents her garage apartment to a strange couple and ends up saving a life and losing her rental income. Then there's Aunt Libby, who dies after drinking a margarita. Was it a stroke, or did someone do her in, someone who's interested in her will and the valuable timber on her property? Leave it to the sisters to find out what really happened to their cranky old aunt and to discover who did it.