About Murder Plays Second Fiddle

MURDER PLAYS SECOND FIDDLE COVER 3 Murder Plays Second Fiddle (The Pearly Girls Mysteries) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – Ivy Springs, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains Publisher ‏ : ‎ Keylight Books Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 13, 2026 Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages Hardcover ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8887981161 Paperback ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8887981154 Digital ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8887981178 ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D8SG9JFZ goodreads badge

The Pearly Girls return to solve a high school reunion murder in this sequel to Murder Strikes a Chord.

Event planner Cassidy Jamison and her not-so-helpful sexagenarian staff of Roxie, Kate, Aileen, and Ruthanne are up to their elbows with a high school reunion committee’s constantly changing requirements for an event that must be the most elaborate and memorable at all costs.

When well-known reporter, Darcy Branch, and former cheerleader, Brittany Mahoney, are found dead on her property, Cassidy and the gang have to find the killer before the party’s over. And the more Cassidy and her Chihuahua mix, Elvis, dig for clues, the more deadly secrets they uncover—including one that changes everything she knows about her family’s history.

The Pearly Girls need to solve the case before the Class of 2009 goes down in Ivy Springs history as the deadliest reunion.

About Heather Weidner

Heather Weidner

Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. She writes the Pearly Girls Mysteries, the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries, The Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries, and The Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries.

Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, Murder by the Glass, First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder, and Crime in the Old Dominion, and she has non-fiction pieces in Promophobia and The Secret Ingredient: A Mystery Writers’ Cookbook.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime: National, Central Virginia, Chessie, Guppies, and Grand Canyon Writers, International Thriller Writers, and James River Writers, and she blogs regularly with the Writers Who Kill.

Originally from Virginia Beach, Heather has been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. She lives in Central Virginia with her husband and a crazy Mini Aussie Shepherd named Cooper.

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My Past Does Not Define Me 
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Keira
I was born with darkness in my veins.
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