The Rocky Road to Ruin

In "The Rocky Road to Ruin," the first installment of Meri Allen's mystery series, travel food blogger Riley Rhodes returns to her quaint hometown of Penniman, Connecticut, for a funeral. As she reconnects with old friends and revisits her father’s bookshop and the beloved ice cream shop, unsettling events unfold, including a stranger camping nearby and the peculiar behavior of a cat. When tragedy strikes and her friend’s brother is found dead, Riley steps in as an amateur sleuth, determined to uncover the truth before more secrets are unearthed.