Caught Dead in Wyoming

The call from a longtime friend staying at Sherman’s newest — okay, only — B&B brings murder close to home for Elizabeth Danniher and starts her on a twisting, turning journey where appearances not only deceive, they turn deadly.

When her TV reporter friend Wardell Yardley comes to visit, they take a weekend trip to Yellowstone Park and encounter a surprising set of people. Including a team-building group from social media mega-force VisageTome, a mysterious older couple, and someone from Elizabeth’s childhood.

Elizabeth senses undercurrents in this strange assortment that just about pull her and her friends underwater for good when everyone shows up in her tiny Sherman, Wyoming, town. And then Wardell’s phone call pulls Elizabeth into that first-on-the-scene situation that makes the Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Department decidedly cranky.

Not only is there a murder to solve — and fast — there’s also a new sheriff in town, whose No. 1 rule might be No Sleuthing By Journalists.

“Look live” is a TV news term. A reporter appears to be live at a scene, perhaps for an introduction or the toss back to the anchor desk, but in fact the entire report is taped. A misleading perception, carefully set up. Ah, the dangers of deceiving appearances …

Elizabeth, her KWMT-TV colleague Mike Paycik, rancher Tom Burrell, their other idiosyncratic partners in crime-solving – and even her dog Shadow — must dig deep to discover what happens when it’s not enough to merely … LOOK LIVE.