What to expect: The book focuses on Margot, a city transplant who feels like an outsider in a dog-obsessed small South Carolina town. Everything turns upside down when the local dog walker is murdered and Margo finds herself the prime suspect.
"Murder Bites" explores how "none of us are what we seem," Montgomery tells me.
Zoom out: Montgomery calls the D.C. area home now, but when she visits her family in Gastonia, ideal stops include a trip to the Whitewater Center, a brewery and a hike at Crowders Mountain.
What's next: Montgomery will be in town for upcoming book events:
