Constance Aberfield has a cold. Although to be fair, this is more than just a run-of-the-mill it’s a full-blown flu is what it is, and it has incapacitated Constance beyond what anyone would have thought possible... not that Constance is willing to believe it. Despite the fever, despite the hot and cold flushes, despite the headaches and aching bones and nausea, Constance refuses to admit that she is sick. That is until she literally throws up on a guest and passes out in the middle of her hotel.
When Constance comes to, she finds herself in a Denver hospital where she is ordered to stay put until she is well enough to leave. Where this should be a simple enough request to follow through on, Constance equates it to a living nightmare. Not only does she refuse to admit that she is sick, but she is bored beyond belief. That is until she wakes up one morning to find her roommate dead.
Constance knows a murder when she sees one and immediately sets about solving the case. There’s just one no one believes her. Not only was the death “non-suspect,” but her fever has her hallucinating, she is barely able to stand, and she has been acting like a crazy person ever since she arrived.
The nurses are against her. The Chief of Medicine seems to be watching her every move. Every time she tries to stand, she nearly passes out. This is a case like no other and almost immediately, Constance realizes that if she is to solve it, she’s going to have to do it on her own.
Please Fourteenth Volume of the the Lone Peak Mystery Series. Approximately 51,000 words in length. It is a standalone (reading prior or future volumes not required to enjoy the book, no cliffhanger).