An open book… Is not always what it seems. As the aroma of coffee hangs thick in the air, fact and fiction collide in the sleepy town of Dunforth, New Hampshire. When a bestselling author is arrested during a book reading at the Roastery on 33rd, the case seems open-and-shut. He immediately claims that he was the one who killed the woman that was found in the tall grass, clutching a bouquet of snapdragons as the White Mountains loomed all around. But philosopher-turned-amateur-sleuth-and-barista, Paige Palmer, is skeptical. Years of study taught her to always question a conclusion that seems too forgone to be true… and a decade of reading the author’s novels alert her to the fact that something deeper has to be afoot. Teaming up with her reluctant boss, and her boyfriend-in-waiting, Rohan, Paige is determined to discover what actually happened to the victim, and to find her killer. With a paperback in one hand and a fresh brew in another, it seems a race against time to unravel an ending most bitter.