Guest Sleuth Spotlight: Ellis Thorne — Snowfall at Silver Run
Series: Sable Jones Cozy Mystery (Book 1)
The Book: Divorced horse-rescue owner Sable Jones is just trying to get through winter at Silver Run when a difficult rider fails to return and Sable's Labrador, Max, brings home a scarf that turns worry into dread.
The death is ruled an accident, and in a tight-knit equestrian community, few people seem inclined to question it. The victim wasn't well liked. Her anxious nephew can't keep his story straight. The estate manager is a little too quick with spotless paperwork. And Sable's own circle has opinions she isn't sure she trusts.
With her towering ex-racehorse Blaze, a gruff mentor who knows horses better than people, and gossip flying faster than the snow, Sable pieces together a puzzle someone hoped would stay buried.
Because in Silver Run, accidents are convenient — and the truth is anything but.
“A snowstorm, a dead rider, and a town that would rather not ask questions. Ellis Thorne writes the kind of cozy mystery where the setting is as much a character as the people — and the horses. If you love atmosphere with your whodunit, this is your book.”
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