The Carolina Reaper
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Last published Thu, Aug 21, 2025
In the small town of Bailey's Chapel the legendary wing and Ribfest is fixing to happen and local mystic Destiny Crystal has decided this year she's not doing it. Prominent young women begin to turn up murdered in an oddly familiar pattern. When one of the dead girls' spirits comes to her for her help, she knows she's the only one they can turn to. Evelyn and Butch are the only ones that know Destiny's secret, she's not a fraud she's really got second sight. Destiny's had a premonition, and her best friend and retiring U S Marshal, Evelyn believes her. Helping prove what she knows is going to be more than difficult when she can't put a face to the killer.
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