A Zoom with a View

A cozy murder mystery filled with hometown drama, social media influencers, an over-the-top mother, and two very attractive local men, A Zoom with a View will make you want to move to Blue Oak-if only the Fourth of July festivities didn‘t end with a dead body. Leo can‘t believe she‘s back in Blue Oak. Her small, quirky Texas hometown feels suffocating after trying to make it big as an English professor in New York-especially due to her strained relationship with her overly hair-sprayed mother, Karina. But with Leo‘s career in academia in shambles, at least she‘s able to work as a photographer for her godmother‘s real estate business. And her best friend, Emily, is around to help her navigate through the mess-and maybe force her to reconnect with her old high school boyfriend, Mack. But while at work, Leo makes a grisly discovery at one of her godmother‘s properties: the dead body of rival real estate agent and social media influencer Chaz. Even worse, Leo and Emily have been secretly running a snarky Reddit page making fun of Chaz‘s cringe-inducing advice and duck-faced selfies. When someone she loves is accused of the murder, Leo finds herself flung headfirst into a dangerous investigation, teaming up with a local detective who is a lot more attractive than she remembered when they were both teenagers. Meanwhile, Karina has been acting stranger and stranger, as if all her hair hides a big secret. . . . A bold and hilarious introduction to a new sleuth who is looking to get her life back on track, but finds a man with his skull bashed in instead.