Smoked Secrets: Burnt Ends Mystery (Burnt End Mystery Book 1)

Jackie Prescott, an Austin lawyer, inherits half of her estranged Uncle Charlie Joe's barbecue restaurant in Prairie Rose, Texas. She intends to sell her share and return to her career, but her financially struggling sister Lauren depends on the inheritance to survive. The will stipulates that both sisters must run the restaurant together for at least one year or forfeit everything. Forced to work alongside Lauren after years of minimal contact, Jackie learns that Uncle Charlie Joe's death was not the peaceful passing everyone assumed. Someone murdered him, and that person is now making increasingly dangerous threats against the new owners. As the sisters work to repair their fractured relationship and learn the restaurant's operations, they discover hidden documents, mysterious photographs, and evidence of a conspiracy extending beyond their small town. With assistance from Jackie's teenage niece Melody and local law enforcement, the sisters must confront the truth about their uncle's murder and decide whether they can trust each other before the killer strikes again. This is the first book in the Burnt Ends Mystery series.