Junie Harper measures twice, cuts once, and never leaves a project unfinished – especially when the project is murder.

When lifestyle designer Lila Morrows is found dead inside Harper’s Handycrafts the morning after a sold-out workshop, Junie’s shop becomes a crime scene and her tools become evidence. With her reputation unraveling and a detective who sees her as a person of interest rather than an ally, Junie does what she does best: she pulls out a legal pad, starts a list, and gets to work.

The clues are buried in the details – a sign-in sheet with suspicious timing, supply orders that don’t add up, and a quiet man in the back row whose skills don’t match his registration. As Junie traces a paper trail from small-town craft fairs to a lucrative hotel contract, she discovers that the line between creative inspiration and theft is thinner than a coat of wood stain – and someone was willing to kill to keep it from being exposed.

Duct Tape & Dead Ends is the first book in The Junie Harper Craft Mysteries – a cozy mystery series for readers who like their sleuths resourceful, their communities warm, and their clues hidden in the details.