Olivia Limoges has returned to her hometown of Oyster Bay, North Carolina, but she hasn't been able to rejoin the small town society. When she is talked into joining the local writing group, The Bayside Book Writers, she finds kindred spirits who understand her frustration over her own stalled writing efforts. Olivia offers to allow the group to use the old light keeper's cottage on her property for their meetings. When one of the organizers of the group, renowned gossip columnist Camden Ford, is found dead, the writers band together to figure out who bumped off the tittle-tattler.

As more people are found dead, all with similar puzzling haiku poems left with the body, Olivia takes a great interest in helping to find the culprit. With a little encouragement from recently widowed Police Chief Sawyer Rawlings, Olivia hopes that she and her friends can use their love of words to catch the killer before he writes the last chapter in another life.

In A KILLER PLOT, the first book in the Books By The Bay series, author Ellery Adams introduces a sizzling suspenseful story that will keep readers on the edges of their seats. Her cast of characters are eccentric but lovable. The elegant and mysterious Olivia makes a grand leader for the group of wordsmiths. Her relationship with her black standard poodle, Captain Haviland, is adorable. A great new addition to the bibliophile genre of cozies, look for the Books By The Bay mysteries to be a big hit with readers.

Book Summary

In the small coastal town of Oyster Bay, North Carolina, you'll find plenty of characters, ne'er-do-wells, and even a few celebs trying to duck the paparazzi. But when murder joins this curious community, the Bayside Book Writers are there to get the story...

Olivia Limoges is the subject of constant gossip. Ever since she came back to town-a return as mysterious as her departure-Olivia has kept to herself, her dog, and her unfinished novel. With a little cajoling from the eminently charming writer Camden Ford, she agrees to join the Bayside Book Writers, break her writer's block, and even make a few friends...

But when townspeople start turning up dead with haiku poems left by the bodies, anyone with a flair for language is suddenly suspect. And it's up to Olivia to catch the killer before she meets her own surprise ending.