Wounded ex-spy Phoenix Smith retreats to her hometown in Missouri to recuperate and reshape her life...Instead she must adapt skills honed in Eastern Europe to protect her lifelong friend, Annalynn. The civic leader has just buried her husband, the sheriff. Everyone except the widow believes he shot his young mistress and himself. Determined to prove his innocence and identify his killer, Annalynn pleads for Phoenix's help in what could be a fatal effort. Show Me the Murder is a suspense-filled mystery exposing crimes that plague rural communities, but the motives for murders and for solving them are distinctly personal. To challenge the killers, childhood friends must bridge the divide between their adult lives on different continents by drawing on love, courage, and laughter.