Snarky teen sleuth Veronica Mars already has too much to deal with—uncovering the identity of her rapist, solving her best friend’s murder, wondering if her dad is really her dad, paying for her mom to go to rehab and figuring out why her dead friend’s boyfriend, Logan Echolls, just kissed her. So when Sunny Boyd, a former Neptune High cheerleader, approaches Veronica and begs for her help, Veronica has every reason to say no. Until Sunny asks her to find out whether or not her father, the assistant pastor at the local church, actually committed suicide as the sheriff’s department believes. Drawn into a world of gambling, embezzling, blackmail and adultery, Veronica follows the clues to uncover whether Mr. Boyd ended his own life, or if somebody else ended it for him. This is a novella set in Season 1 of “Veronica Mars,” between episodes 18 and 19.