About the book Spunky and outspoken Eve Appel moves from Connecticut to rural Florida intent

on starting a new life, free of drama, and more importantly, her soon-to-be ex-

husband. The rural Florida town of Sabal Bay, situated only an hour from West

Palm, proves to be the perfect spot for her consignment store. Thanks to the

recent economic downturn, Florida’s society matrons need a place to discreetly

sell their stuff and pick up expensive-looking bargains. But Eve’s life, and her

business with it, is turned upside down when a wealthy customer is found

stabbed to death in a fitting room. As accusations fly and business slows, Eve

decides to take things into her own hands. With the help of an unlikely bunch of

friends—including her estranged ex, her best friend, a handsome private eye, and

a charming mafia don—she struggles to find answers and save lives. Through a

maze of distorted half-truths, dramatic cover-ups, and unrequited passions, Eve

learns just how far the wealthy will go to regain what they have lost. A

Secondhand Murder is Book 1 of the Eve Appel Mysteries Series.

About the author Lesley retired from her life as a professor of psychology and reclaimed her

country roots by moving to a small cottage in the Butternut River Valley in upstate

New York. In the winter she migrates to old Florida--cowboys, scrub palmetto,

and open fields of grazing cattle, a place where spurs still jingle in the post office.

Back north, she devotes her afternoons to writing and, when the sun sets,

relaxing on the bank of her trout stream, sipping tea or a local microbrew. You

can find Lesley online at www.lesleydiehl.com.