Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Murder

In the winter of 1777, Abigail Lawrence, mistress of New Jersey's Raritan Tavern, stumbles upon the body of an overnight guest, found pinned to the floor by a sword, and must uncover the truth about a crime that also involves spies, traitors, and stolen diplomatic letters, while protecting her daughter from redcoat officers billeted at her tavern and saving her uncle from being hanged.