After finally leaving her abusive, alcoholic husband and being reunited with her estranged sister, Julia is determined to change her life. Along with her sister Heather, she decides to attend a local meeting of Codependents Anonymous, a twelve-step program designed to offer support to those struggling with developing healthy relationships.At first, the girls are amused by the wacky array of characters in the group but they become unsettled when group sharing grows more personal and often disconcerting. Little do they know that this is only the beginning of the shock they have coming....One by one, the loved ones of the group members begin to turn up dead-murdered in strange and brutal ways. Coincidences give way to an unavoidable pattern: someone in the group fancies himself a vigilante. Heather and Julia don't know who they can trust, including each other.Enter Detective Liotta, the young, brash cop determined to solve the case. But in this labyrinth of clues and deceptions, every discovery leads to more questions. With a deft mix of humor, suspense and satire, Twelve Steps to Murder will leave readers guessing until the final chapter.