The first in an ulta-charming new quozy mystery series starring Ben Rosencrantz a queer 30-something English professor (and closet scifi fan) whos returned to his hometown of Salt Lake City to run his familys board game shop in the trendy Sugar House neighborhood - a community hotspot for players of all ages...and for killer collectors! Back in his hometown of Sugar House running his familys board game shop and cafe Ben Rosencrantz just cant seem to get his life to pass go much less collect $200. Once he was a happily married English professor in Seattle. Now hes a divorced caregiver looking after his ill father and a Chihuahua named Beans while still figuring out the rules of retail management. At least the town has become more LGBTQ+ friendly than when Ben was a teenager-and that flower shop owner Ezra McCaslin enjoys flirting with him. But despite his usual clientele of gamers Ben is barely earning enough to keep the store running and stay on top of his fathers medical bills. Then a local toy and game collector named Clive offers him a winning strategy-to purchase a turn-of-the-twentieth-century edition of The Landlords Game the realty and taxation game that inspired Monopoly at a tenth of the rare editions true value. Suspicious of Clives shady low-priced deal Ben turns the offer down. Then Clive turns up dead at the front door of Bens and a backpack full of $100 bills appears on his doorstep. Now Ben is the #1 suspect in Clives death and unless he and Ezra can prove his innocence and find the real killer hell go to jail for murder-and no amount of double dice rolls will set him free . . .
