When Roxie Maxx returns to Whiskey Pines, she expects a quiet fresh start—but fate has other plans. The small town on the shores of Lake Michigan hides more than postcard-perfect charm. Beneath its cobblestone streets and weathered facades, secrets whisper from the past, waiting for the right person to unearth them.

Roxie never set out to be an investigator, but when a hidden journal surfaces in her grandmother’s old Victorian home, Maxx House, she is thrust into a mystery decades in the making. Her grandmother, Roxanne Maxx, was no ordinary woman. In the roaring 1920s, Roxanne ran an underground speakeasy, outmaneuvering bootleggers, rival kingpins, and lawmen alike. Now, her long-buried rivalries are stirring once more, and Roxie finds herself caught in a dangerous game that spans generations.

With the help of Ethan Michaels, an old high school acquaintance turned steadfast ally, and Kenzie, her reincarnated, beer-loving Bichon Frise—who just happens to be Roxanne’s former speakeasy waitress, Roxie must navigate a tangled web of history, deceit, and unfinished business.

As she pieces together Whiskey Pines’ past, Roxie begins to realize that her story and Roxanne’s are intertwined in ways she never imagined. The tunnels beneath her home hold more than memories, they hide truths that someone is still willing to kill for. And Dut Steeplepuss III, her manipulative ex-husband, isn’t about to let her inheritance, or her independence, slip away without a fight.

Some mysteries refuse to stay buried. Some stories demand to be told. And in Whiskey Pines, the past is never truly gone.

Dare to follow the clues?