The New York Times bestselling author of If Catfish Had Nine Lives returns to Broken Rope Missouri where ghosts of the Old West seek assistance from country cooks and amateur sleuths Betts Winston and her grandmotherWith summer tourists flocking to Broken Rope locals volunteer to keep chaos to a minimum Old West skits are running smoothly actors are behaving and stagecoach rides are more popular than ever but when a spectral visitor appears by ghost train its a job only Betts and Gram can handleGram soon starts having nightmares about their ghostly visitors demise And if a ghost and the hot summer weather werent making things sticky enough one of the towns volunteersa man notorious for having more than his fair share of ex-wivesis murdered When Jerome Betts otherworldly friend makes an unsettling appearance this simmering double mystery becomes a recipe for disasterIncludes delicious recipes.