Poppy Done to Death ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the eighth book in the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora stops to question her sister in law a about missing an important meeting, only to find her body, and her step brother missing. On top this family tragedy, when Aurora stops by work to let them know she needs some time off, she finds that her 15 year old brother has run away from home and hitchhiked across the country to see her.