Emily's teacher is found dead, just a few hours after Abby was witnessed in an altercation with her at the middle school dance. Could she have killed the teacher? What made Abby so angry? Third in the series, Misery Loves Company continues the story of Abby MacMillan's family, and all the murder, mayhem and misery that surrounds them.

Susan Dean grew up in the southern United States and moved to Minnesota to attend college. Like Abby MacMillan, she loved the state and its people so much she made it her home, eventually marrying her own Minnesota-born man.