Krissy decides to join her friend Vicki in Pine Hills to open a bookstore that sells coffee that is named after Krissy's mystery writer father's best selling novel. On their opening day, a man comes in for coffee and is found dead later. Krissy helps Officer Paul Dalton investigate and the fun begins!

It seemed like such a good idea at the time. Krissy Hancock and her BFF Vicki would open a bookstore/coffee shop and call it Death by Coffee, after her dad’s most famous mystery novel. But on their very first day, customer Brendon Lawyer keels over in his coffee. True, he’s allergic to peanuts, but how would peanuts get in coffee? And who swiped his epi pen? None of Brendon’s neighbors are sad to see him go, but Krissy has her store and her reputation to think of, so it looks like she will need to solve the murder with the help of officer Paul Dalton