"It's times like these when a gal's got her ex-husband hiding inches away from her new boyfriend and a murdered man in rigor on the floor beside her that being good at lying would sure come in handy." HOW TO KILL A KINGPIN

Gina Malone, aka the Ex-Whisperer, is an expert on exes and bestselling relationship advice author, who meddles in people's affairs for a living. She's one part Stephanie Plum, one part Dear Sugar, and a newly divorced, empty nester who just turned 50. Our gal has pushed the fresh start button on a whole new life-Could be the world is her oyster, then again, pearls are known to bring bad luck.

It's a not-so-happy Halloween weekend in Gina's tiny tourist town on the Canadian shores of Lake Huron. Masses of Millennials, throngs of Gen Xers, and hordes of Boomers are converging for Sunset Beach High's 150th-anniversary celebrations, plunging the Ex-Whisperer and her gal pals up to their necks in exes.

Some people go to reunions to relive their past, others, to exact revenge for it. One former student has a deadly chip on their shoulder, and they blame cool-kid Gina for their years as a loner. So many great reasons to skip your high school reunion, not the least of which, to avoid being murdered.