The Password to Murder: 1

Cybersecurity analyst Mara Voss comes to Bellweather Bay with one simple plan: sell her late uncle's crumbling bookshop and return to a normal life.Then an unplugged computer starts talking to her.The sarcastic presence inside claims to be Arthur Bell, the shop's long-dead former owner. Before Mara can decide whether she is facing a ghost, an elaborate prank or complete exhaustion, ruthless property developer Felix Harrow is found murdered inside the shop.The apparent weapon carries Mara's fingerprints. A threatening email was sent from her account. And half the town heard her arguing with the victim hours before his death.With a patient detective watching her every move and a ghost recovering only fragments of the crime, Mara must uncover forged property records, deleted security footage and secrets buried inside Bellweather Bay's oldest computers.Someone murdered Felix-and framed Mara perfectly.Unless she finds the password to the truth, Books & Bytes may claim another permanent resident.