In this delicious follow-up to Murder on the Rocks, developers have returned to Cranberry Island. This time, theyre planning to wipe out a natural cranberry bog, along with the islands namesake berries, to build a luxury subdivision. Natalie Barnes isnt sweet on the idea of commercial interests souring their cozy oasis, but the single innkeeper has other problems on her plate: a withering relationship with her best friend Charlene, the sudden appearance of her ex-fiancé with a tempting proposal, and eerie bumps in the night suggesting the Gray Whale Inn is haunted. Worst of all, theres a killer on the loose, picking off people like ripe fruit. When Charlenes loverthe handsome chaplain with a stake in the development is stabbed to death, Natalie promises to find the murderer for her griefstricken friend, whos also the number-one suspect.