A phone call can change your life forever...Abigail Williams gets that phone call. Gordon Dorcey, Abby's uncle and last living relative has drowned in the lake on his property, and Abby is his sole heir.There are a few complications, however.Abby's inheritance is a trout farm in Michigan, but she's a city girl from Phoenix, Arizona.In addition, Abby doesn't believe the official story of her uncle's death.And the biggest complication... the four-legged furry owner of the farm who seems to have her own ideas about how things should be run.Culture shock is the least of her worries.Up North Murder is the first in the Up North Michigan Cozy Mystery series.

Cheryl Taylor was raised in northern Michigan, on the shores of Lake Huron. After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in Agricultural Communications, she moved to Arizona, where she worked for Livestock Communications for nine years before earning a masters from Northern Arizona University and working as a special education teacher for 15 years. During the time she was a teacher, she continued working freelance in publishing, writing and photography.