Champagne for Buzzards

With its seven-foot snakes and nasty horses, Florida ranch country can be as dangerous as the mean streets of any big city. Sherri Travis doesn’t do country. She likes it even less when she meets Clay Adams’ psychotic neighbors and finds a dead man in the back of her pickup. With fairy lights dancing through the Spanish moss and violent men closing in, the surprise birthday party Sherri plans for Clay turns deadly. And while it isn't the party Sherri hoped for, it's a good one just the same.

PHYLLIS SMALLMAN'S debut mystery won the inaugural Arthur Ellis Unhanged Arthur in 2007. In 2010, Good Morning America named the Sherri Travis mysteries as one of the top series for a summer read. Champagne for Buzzards is Smallman's fourth Sherri Travis mystery. Before turning to a life of crime, Smallman was a potter. Depending on the time of year, she can be found on Salt Spring Island, BC or Manasota Beach, Florida.