Punishment in Purgatory by Leslie Tyler
For its inhabitants, Haven is a small, sleepy town in Michigan where the smallest of events are fair game for gossip. Single mom Blair Tenson is trying her best raising two kids, working as a stylist, and struggling with the family’s new pet dog, Porky; but when Blair’s boss is found dead outside her own home, a series of gruesome murders are set into motion – with Blair as the prime suspect. With the help of Chuck Vanslyke, the town’s charismatic new middle school science teacher, Blair embarks on a mission to exonerate herself and uncover the real culprit. With the killer growing more unhinged with each murder, it’s a race against the clock as Blaire must clear her name before she becomes their next victim.