After inheriting a house in Seattle, Jax O’Connell is living the life of her dreams as a glass bead maker and jewelry designer. When she gets an offer to display her work during a bead shop’s opening festivities, it’s an opportunity Jax can’t resist – even though the store’s owner is the surliest person Jax has ever met. The weekend’s events become a tangled mess when a young bead maker is found dead nearby and several oddball bead enthusiasts are suspects. Jax must string together the clues to clear her friend Tessa’s name – and do it before the killer strikes again.