Bücher von Kate Lindman

Alice K. Lambert is the owner of Lambert House, an elegant totally ADA-compliant bed-and-breakfast on Maui. She recently promoted her assistant Kaleo to manage the inn. This allows Alice to travel extensively and to increase her advocacy for victims of domestic violence and people with disabilities. Before beginning an adventure in Colorado with her young nephew, Stefan, Alice rents a cabin for a week in Estes Park where she attends a mushroom identification workshop. Her friend, Trish, on the run from her abusive and stalking ex-husband, also attends the workshop with her two protective brothers. They learn how to ID the many mushrooms from the area. Two mushrooms that look alike to most people are the honey mushrooms and the deadly Galerina Autumnalis. The group learns subtle visual differences and learn how to do spore prints, which provides a more definitive identification. Alice soon suspects that Trish's ex-husband is staying in a cabin near her own. Trish's brothers verify this and so they go on the road once again to escape him and Alice leaves for Denver to join her nephew for their trip. Several days later, Noah Dennison, Trish's ex-husband was found dead in his cabin, where the bedroom was set up with chains and shackles to supposedly restrain Trish. Soon it is deemed to be murder. Trish becomes the prime suspect, and Alice is determined to prove her innocence.

Alice K. Lambert is the wealthy and successful owner of Lambert House, a large and elegant ADA-certified bed and breakfast on Maui. Alice enjoys good champagne in the morning, cooking and baking creatively, surfing, traveling, and advocating for persons with disabilities. Most of her guests are friendly and eager to explore the wonders of Hawaii. Then one day, gentle Elmer and nasty Thelma Ford arrive from Reno, with Thelma loudly announcing that Elmer now has the brain of an eight-year-old. Elmer had suffered a stroke and brain injury while on his job as a firefighter. Thelma had to quit her teaching job to take care of him and soon turned into a very angry woman who took out her frustrations on Elmer while cutting him off from family and friends. Within two days of their arrival, Thelma managed to insult and berate other B&B guests, staff, and most everyone she met on Maui. After an unpleasant zip line tour, Thelma spent an angry evening in her room, gorging on chips and HoHos. That was her last known activity. It took two days to find Thelma's body at the site of a new hot tub. She was murdered, and the suspect list was endless.