Breakfast at Madeline's

Winner of the Malice Domestic Award for Best Debut Novel! An aspiring screenwriter has made his first sale in Hollywood, but finds that his life hasn't changed much in his quiet hometown. A loving husband and father, his one vice is hanging out in an espresso bar called Madeline's. Then, one morning, one of the bar's regular patrons comes in, hands him a safe deposit key, and drops dead! This is the first clue in a puzzling mystery which will lead the writer down a path of deception and intrigue.