A Crafty Killing. The Victoria Square Mysteries, #1

Katie Bonner never wanted control of Artisans Alley. But after her business partner, Ezra Hilton, is found at the bottom of a staircase-his skull crushed in a brutal murder-she's forced to step in. Nestled inside a renovated applesauce factory, the maze of artisan booths is the pride of Victoria Square.and a place simmering with rivalries, grudges, and secrets. Business had been failing under Ezra's management, and it soon becomes clear he someone thought of him as an enemy, not a friend.
While Detective Ray Davenport methodically builds his case, Katie follows a trail of whispers and hidden motives through the alley's shadowy corridors, realizing that somewhere among the vendors, a killer is waiting to strike again.