Murder & Salad: 1

Amanda Gail Thornbush has always had a knack for being in the right place at the wrong time. She may be tall, a little awkward, and a lot clumsy, but armed with her notepad and her sweet tea, Amanda is determined and has always dreamed of being a detective. Her best friend, Nikki ( Twig) Quigg, is the opposite in every way: tiny, tattooed, sharp-tongued, and followed everywhere by her prickly pet hedgehog, Silo. The lifelong friends have grown up side by side under the watchful eye of Nikki's mother, Ramona Quigg. Amanda uncovers something that changes everything at the restaurant where she works. Its up to the girls to dig into the bottom of this, before its too late. Everyone in Copper Town has something to hide, from the sheriff who answers to Ramona to the coworkers who know more than they'll admit. Bubbling beneath the surface of this mystery lies a deeper, older question-one Amanda will never stop asking. >In a town built on secrets, the truth is never simple... and never safe.