Burgers, Bunting, and Betrayal

A pristine white cat. A runaway parade float. A celebration that ends in a crush.

It’s the 125th Anniversary of Tablerock, Texas, and the town is painting the streets red, white, and blue. Newlywed Ellie Rockwell hoped the only drama at the Pioneer Picnic would be the length of the lunch lines. Instead, the festivities take a deadly turn when honored town veteran, Colonel Walter Brennan, is flattened by a runaway float shaped like a giant eagle.

The police call it a "tragic mechanical failure." Ellie calls it murder.

Her suspicions are confirmed when a terrified white cat arrives at Silver Circle Cat Rescue. Using the shelter's magical platter, the feline witness reveals a shocking truth: the float didn't just slip its brakes. It was aimed.

Now Ellie and her daughter Evie must dig through the wreckage of the Colonel's life. He was on the verge of publishing a tell-all memoir exposing century-old secrets that powerful locals—like cafe curmudgeon Old Carl—would kill to keep hidden.
Navigating a minefield of betrayal and greedy heirs, Ellie must work fast.

Can she catch the killer before history repeats itself, or will she be the next one rolled over?