COFFEE KLATCH OR A MURDER INVESTIGATION?
When one house in Arroyo Loco explodes in a gasoline-fueled blaze, Estela Nogales and an eclectic collection of neighbors race to fight the flames before they spread. Once the fire is quelled, Estela’s quirky friends gather to enjoy apple strudel and exchange quips about who the arsonist living among them might be. What begins as speculation over coffee becomes a more urgent and dangerous search when a body is discovered in the ashes.
Too often joined by Estela’s irrepressible border collies, and aided by the green but attractive Deputy Muñoz, the residents of Arroyo Loco must negotiate the rules of a dysfunctional Homeowners Association (aren’t they all?) as they try to solve the mysteries before anyone else falls victim.
Mystery mounts when another neighbor turns up missing, and a shocking secret is revealed. Estela tries to calm the waters as nerves become frayed and accusations begin to fly.