"Who is the dead woman at the bottom of the stairs?" When Weather Network star Gina Monroe arrives in Black Currant Bay for her wedding shower, all is bliss. But happiness turns to horror when Gina and close friend Becki find the hostess with her head bashed in. Strange things come to light when Gina and Becki are asked to sort through the dead woman's belongings. Just who was this woman? And why did frumpy Louisa have a closet full of vintage couturier clothes? As the investigation continues, the danger increases. Arson reveals the hiding place of a fabulous sapphire necklace, which leads to more questions and ramps up the risk for Gina and Becki. A killer is determined to keep the identity of the dead woman a secret--even if it means killing again.

Published monthly, Mystery Weekly Magazine presents crime and mystery short stories by some of the world's best established and emerging mystery writers. The original stories we select for each issue run the gamut from cosy to hardboiled fiction.In this issue..This month's 'summertime stories' issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features "Green Panther" by John Clinch: a young Irishman gets mixed up with the Black Panthers in Harlem in this unfortunate tale of noir. Why are all the lifeboat survivors disappearing in Meghan Rose Allen's story of riddles "Drift"? In Jack Bristow's "Going To The Mattresses" a self-imposed witness protection plan goes horribly awry. Brian Haycock's story "Blame The Bear" is both a clever mystery and good laugh. Boulders are crashing into campsites in Jim Courter's "Hell To Pay". "A Terror In Judgement" by Cynthia St-Pierre follows an interior decorator as she arranges a trap for an uninvited ghostly visitor. Plus, can you tell how the guilty party was caught in this month's You-Solve-It mystery?Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

What's more treacherous than navigating a pack of society matrons at a designer sale? Stalking a killer... When fashionista and television celeb Gina Monroe goes home to attend the funeral of her late grandmother, the last thing she expects to encounter is murder. And the reading of the will is anything but fashionable as unanswered questions arise. Who is the dead woman in the woods behind the family house? And why is she dressed in Milano designer clothes? With help from her cousin Tony and Detective Rob Dumont, Gina investigates the not-so-model citizens around her. When another murder occurs, a pattern slowly emerges and Gina wonders if her grandmother's death wasn't so natural after all.