Death Walked In (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 18)

Death Walked In (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 18) by Hart, Carolyn. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780060724146.

Max Darling hasnt been interested in crime since his brush with a seductive young woman put him in danger of losing his freedom. He even refuses to talk to a woman who calls for help and says she is afraid. The caller leaves word shes hidden something in the antebellum house Max and his wife, Annie, are restoring. When Annie finds out, she hurries to the womans home, only to discover shes been murdered. Evidence links the dead woman to a fortune in gold coins that has recently gone missing. Was this mysterious woman killed for a fortune in coins? The dead womans son is accused but Max believes in his innocence, and Max and Annie plunge wholeheartedly into the investigation. Are the coins hidden in Annie and Maxs house? The intruder who shoots at Max seems to think so. And when Annie discovers the secret of their old house, death arrives at their door.