Twelve Stories High

12 women of color.A dozen whodunits.Which girls will survive? Long story short-they're in deep trouble. The sheroes of Twelve Stories High are suspected of murders they didn't commit. Hounded by dangerous unknown forces. Entangled in secrets and lies. And because they're Black, they're on their own-accused, abused, and on the run from cops as well as killers. When Florida's hubby demands a divorce and suddenly disappears, relocating seems her only choice. Until her newfound land is cursed, starts growing enemies like weeds, and begins to unearth a deadly mystery buried in her past.For Cherrie, who's catering boats to fund free meals to feed the homeless, being suspected of killing a media mogul on his to-die-for yacht is poisoning her future-and threatening to starve the hot new love she's stirring up aboard.Willow is having a nervous breakdown. Haunted by the spirit of a grandmother who exhorts her to hunt for long-lost wealth, she jets to the Caribbean on a genealogical quest for a fortune in hidden family treasure.From a southern small-town scandal to a seat on the Hollywood casting couch to a seven-year-old in the hot seat and four amateur painters finding their artwork hung beside their neighbor's corpse, these stories and more unfold as Trouble gets spelled with a capital TEA.