Marla's family reunion at a haunted Florida resort turns up dead bodies instead of fond memories in this spooky cozy mystery.

Hairstylist Marla Shore is eager to introduce her fiancé, Detective Dalton Vail, to her extended family over Thanksgiving weekend at Sugar Crest Plantation Resort. But that was before she found Aunt Polly suffocated in bed. Is it a coincidence that her aunt's father once owned the property? According to rumor, he met with two mysterious Cossacks who vanished right before his premature death. Their spirits are said to haunt the place, and Marla believes it when she feels a cold presence inside the hotel's rickety elevator.

Are ghosts at fault, or could politics be playing a part? A city council meeting is being held that weekend to determine the resort's fate. Tensions deepen when another body turns up on the nature trail. Whatever is going on at Sugar Crest, someone is willing to kill to keep it hidden. It'll take all of Marla's sleuthing skills to untangle the clues and root out the killer, even if it means exposing her own family's unsavory past.

"Dead Roots has all the right ingredients for a great hair day, absolutely fun, winsome characters, a fast‑paced, wonderful mystery read!" Heather Graham, NY Times Bestselling Author