Hotel rooms often come with perks. A corpse isn’t one of them. Ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott are stunned to discover the body of a young woman in their Ottawa hotel room. Not what they expected on a business trip to Canada’s capital. She’s wearing a black lace teddy. A carafe of red wine and two glasses sit on a table. A closer look inside her purse reveals thousands of dollars, three business cards, and a supply of pills—opioids. With Michael researching the recent opioid crisis for the media, this revelation hits close to home. Who is this woman and how did she get into their hotel room? Is there a hidden message here? As Megan and Michael dig deeper, elusive conspirators up the stakes and threaten to block their efforts at any cost. Are they willing to risk their lives to solve this mystery? "captivating reading...surprising twists" "well-written mystery...timely topics that involve murder and fraud" ***Each book in the Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery series can be read as a standalone***