Dying to Live Here
Dying to Live Here is a funny, sunny cozy set in the Sunshine State.
Protagonist Emma is immensely likable, and her friendship with bestie Laura is warm, witty, and relatable. Readers will get a kick out of the friends’ misadventures as they try to clear Laura‘s name in a murder investigation sparked by a fiercely competitive HOA. Sharp writing, a clever mystery, entertaining characters, and the tropical Florida setting will entice readers to pay more than one visit to author Marsh’s Estate Sale Mysteries.
—Ellen Byron, Agatha Award-winner
Rosemary & Thyme meet Desperate Housewives in Dying to Live Here, the fabulous new mystery from author Shelley Marsh!
All seems perfect in the fashionable enclave of Harbor Shores, Florida…until one of the residents turns up dead. What follows is a rollicking cozy whodunnit featuring Emma and Laura, two long-time friends who may be lacking in the sleuthing department, but more than make up for it through their ride-or-die commitment to each other. There’s a list of suspects long enough to run the length of highway A1A. And if that wasn’t enough, there’s a hunky lawyer who has his eyes on Emma but may or may not have the best of intentions in mind.
Will Emma and Laura unwind the clues in time to prevent Laura from getting tossed in the slammer? And how will a major hurricane bearing down on the Jacksonville area factor into the investigation? Will it help Emma and Laura blow the roof off the murderer’s plans or blow their crime-fighting efforts to smithereens?
Grab your copy of Dying to Live Here and hold on tight for a mystery ride like no other.
—JC Kenney, author of the Elmo Simpson Mystery Series
Starting an estate-sale business seemed like a great idea—until the competition dropped dead.
Emma Stewart and Laura Benton are ready to launch their new venture in their sunny Florida
beach town, complete with color-coded tags and carefully staged china cabinets. But when a
rival seller turns up dead before their first big sale, the only thing moving faster than the
merchandise is neighborhood gossip.
With clients getting nervous and suspicion circling like a bargain hunter at 50% off, Emma and
Laura must sort through more than antiques. Between buried grudges, small-town secrets, and
a growing list of suspects, they’ll need to clear their names before their startup goes from “grand
opening” to “permanently closed.”
In this witty follow-up to Dying to Live Here, friendship, Florida sunshine, and a little amateur
sleuthing prove that some bargains come with deadly fine print.
Running an estate sale is tricky. Running a secret one? That’s asking for trouble.
Emma Stewart and her best friend, Laura, finally land a new client—but this one comes with strings attached.
Claire Weston wants to liquidate her high-end belongings… quietly. No open house. No curious neighbors. And absolutely no gossip about why a wealthy widow suddenly needs cash.
Emma isn’t convinced.
Claire’s husband disappeared during a solo dive in one of Florida’s most dangerous underwater caves. No body. No death certificate. No insurance payout. And now Claire is in a hurry to sell everything she owns.
That’s not suspicious at all.
As Emma juggles a complicated off-site sale, a charming (and distracting) boyfriend, and a neighborhood plagued by break-ins, she can’t shake the feeling that something bigger is going on.
Because when a client is hiding this much…
it’s only a matter of time before the truth surfaces.
And when it does, Emma might wish she’d stayed out of it.