Lowcountry Boil (Liz Talbot Series #1)

Private Investigator Liz Talbot is a modern Southern belle: she blesses hearts and takes names. She carries her Sig 9 in her Kate Spade handbag, and her golden retriever, Rhett, rides shotgun in her hybrid Escape. When her grandmother is murdered, Liz hightails it back to her South Carolina island home to find the killer. She's fit to be tied when her brother-the chief of police-shuts her out of the investigation, so she opens her own. Then her long-dead best friend pops in and things reall...