Brie Hooker Mystery

Living on a farm with 400 goats and a cantankerous carnivore isn't on Brie Hooker's list of lifetime ambitions. But the vegan chef can't walk away from Aunt Eva, who needs help operating the dairy. Once she calls her aunt's goat farm home, grisly discoveries offer ample inducements for Brie to employ her entire vocabulary of cheese-and-meat curses. The troubles begin when the farm's pot-bellied pig unearths the skull of Eva's abusive husband, who vanished years back. The sheriff, kin to the deceased, hopes to pin the murder on Eva. He doesn't reckon on Brie's resolve to prove her aunt's innocence. Death threats, ruinous pedicures, psychic shenanigans, and biker bar fisticuffs won't stop Brie. But romantic befuddlement throws a curve. Confident she'll unmask the real killer, Brie's less sure how to handle her attraction to a playboy moonshiner and his best friend, a veterinarian with a knack for charming animals and vegans.

It's been seven months since Brie Hooker, a vegan, moved to Udderly Kidding Dairy to live with her feisty Aunt Eva, a confirmed carnivore. But tonight there'll be no family feud over dinner entrees. Udderly's hosting a campaign fundraiser for Eva's best friend, who hopes to be South Carolinas next governor. The candidate's son, a pro quarterback is flying home for the winding. And Brie's eager to get a close-up view of the cute tush she's admired on TV, even though she's reluctantly sworn off even more tempting local beefcake. The campaign fundraiser promises to be a huge success until a pitchfork attack turns the goat farm into a crime scene-again. To protect her friends, Brie puts her sleuthing skills to work. Will she live long enough to find out who's behind a vicious assault, a kidnapping, blackmail, and murder?

Vegan Brie Hooker lives and works with her feisty Aunt Eva at Udderly Kidding Dairy, a hop, skip, and jump away from South Carolina's Clemson University. Brie's fun farm outreach attempt backfires when religious extremists decide goat yoga is a form of devil workshop. Believing one of the zealots might be persuaded to see reason, Brie's free-wheeling friend Mollye convinces her they should call on the young woman. Big mistake. Picketers at Udderly's gates soon become the least of Brie's troubles. Not only is she accused of murder, she worries the death might actually be her fault. Danger mounts when an old family friend's visit ensnares Brie in a high-stakes feud between a U.S. Supreme Court nominee and the woman determined to expose his secrets. In her personal life, Brie's still torn between the town's two most eligible bachelors. While she's edging toward a decision, she must first survive a cunning killer adept at crafting murders that look like tragic accidents. Will Brie be another "accident" victim? Pay a visit to Udderly Kidding Dairy and find out!