Ultra-organized, über-planner Gwendolyn impulsively embarks on a new life with her laidback, go-with-the-flow husband, Patrick. Wentward, North Dakota is an unlikely stop on their journey. A conniving greasemonkey, a pompous pastor, a bicycle-riding exterminator, a New Age psychic, a talkative crafter, a migraine-plagued diner owner, a bartender, a Lakota chief, and a mysterious black cat are a few of Wentward’s fifty-three inhabitants. Each one harbors secrets that Gwendolyn must uncover when she and Patrick become involved in a murder. Will they ever get away from where they went?

Kevin Murphy’s Summer of the Bear by Leigh A Arrathoon

We Went to a Murder by Barbara Vortman