Murder on Main Street opens the Ferndale mystery series with an atmosphere as thick as the fog rolling through its streets. Dr. Ann McBride, the town’s observant physician, closes her clinic and makes her evening rounds, tending to Florence Blanchard, an aging woman with fading clarity but sharp instincts. Florence clutches a ring of odd keys and speaks of Daisy—the spirited young waitress at the Golden Calf—who has been trying to make amends with cash and talk of proof against a liar from Eureka.