Not Your Lucky Day: A Not-Quite-Cozy Mystery (A Murphy’s Law Farm Mystery series, Book 1)

A missing horse. A race against time. And secrets someone would kill to keep buried.

Olympia “Pia” Murphy was named for champions, but her luck ran out long ago. Swindled by her cheating ex, saddled with a crumbling farm, and drowning in debt, she’s barely keeping the lights on. Then she discovers her late father’s final wish: find the prized mare he gifted her—and rebuild the family’s lost racing legacy. With no money, a sketchy plan, and few prospects, Pia sets out to track down the horse she once sold in desperation—quietly praying it might change her fate.

But she’s not the only one on the trail. Captain Jonah Watkins, a guarded combat veteran tangled in the world of intelligence, wants the same horse—and he isn’t saying why. Their fierce rivalry is brushed aside when the search unearths a shady horse “rescue,” a clandestine drug lab, and a web of criminal activity that stretches far beyond the stable doors.

Now someone wants them to back down—permanently. When Pia’s barn is set ablaze and the threats turn deadly, she realizes she’s stumbled onto more than just a missing horse. Someone’s running out of time—and it might be her.

Not Your Lucky Day is a layered mystery full of surprize twists and second chances that will have readers galloping to the very last page.