When human bones are uncovered—and then disappear—Florida consignment shop owner turned PI Eve Appel is on the case in this "absolutely terrific" series (Suspense Magazine).

Eve Appel reinvented herself when she moved to Sabal Bay, Florida, to open her consignment shop. Now, after solving a few murders on the side, she's about to reinvent herself again as a bona fide private investigator. And her first case is close to home: the suspicious death of her boyfriend Sammy Egret's half-brother.

Miccosukee Indian Walter Egret was working construction on land that once belonged to his people when he uncovered human bones. Work was suspended on the potential Native American burial site, but the bones weren't nearly as unsettling to Walter as what he found with them—his father's gold watch.

Shortly after telling Sammy the news, Walter dies in a hit-and-run. Then the bones disappear. Was Walter's death murder or an accident? If the bones belong to Sammy's father, how did they get there? Delving into these mysteries, Eve learns a few things about being a PI—-lessons she hopes to put to use if she survives to see another case.