The Rocky Road to Ruin

A deliciously cozy mystery with a scoop of murder! In Meri Allen's charming debut, The Rocky Road to Ruin, Riley Rhodes, travel food blogger and librarian at the CIA, returns to her hometown of Penniman, Connecticut, for a bittersweet funeral. Between reuniting with old friends, visiting her father's bookshop, and scooping ice cream at the beloved Udderly Delicious Ice Cream Shop, Riley hopes to help her friend Caroline rebuild after her mother's death. But as Caroline and her brother Mike clash over their inherited assets, trouble begins to swirl when Riley is spooked by reports of a stranger camping behind the farm and the odd behavior of the shop's mascot, Sprinkles the Persian cat. When Mike turns up dead in the barn the morning after the funeral, the peace and quiet of this quaint town seems upended for good. Can Riley find the killer before another body gets scooped in this delightful new cozy mystery series filled with ice cream, suspense, and small-town secrets?