Murder Beneath the Shards by Dee Dee Edwards
Missing records and buried secrets. Follow Rebecca Hartwell and her dog Gatsby into the depths of a historic mine where the truth finally shines.
A quiet weekend getaway, a historic mine, and a mystery that refuses to stay buried.
When author and amateur sleuth Rebecca Hartwell joins her partner, restoration expert Logan Reed, for a long weekend at a newly reopened quartz mine turned tourist attraction, she expects a peaceful escape—not a murder.
When a tourist is found dead in a restricted tunnel using tools Logan repaired, suspicion threatens both the project and Logan’s hard-won confidence.
Refusing to let guilt replace truth, Rebecca investigates with her emotional support dog, Gatsby, uncovering secrets buried deep within the mine’s history.
As she uncovers small cracks in the mine’s polished story: missing records, overlooked safety concerns, and secrets tucked away deeper than anyone expected.
Tensions rise underground and trust grows above ground, love deepens. Because when honesty comes to light, even buried stories can shine.
Shards of Truth is a cozy mystery about accountability, trust, and the power of telling the whole story.
“There is something inherently cozy—and slightly eerie—about a mystery set in a quartz mine. Dee Dee Edwards expertly balances the beauty of restoration work with the grit of a murder investigation. I loved following Rebecca Hartwell and her emotional support dog, Gatsby, as they dug through layers of history. It’s a poignant story about how the truth, once uncovered, can finally let a person shine.”
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The Moonlight Vanishing by Maple Quinn
A missing man, a loyal Westie, and a town hiding sharp secrets. Molly McBeal and her intuitive Aussiedoodle, Star, must read between the lines to find the truth before the Harvest Moon sets on Sunflower Falls.
A missing man. A loyal dog. And a small town where sweetness hides its sharpest secrets.
Fifty-year-old Molly McBeal is only passing through Sunflower Falls, Kansas on her way to a new life in Cape Cod when the Harvest Moon Festival takes a troubling turn—an elderly man with dementia and his little Westie vanish into the night. The town shrugs it off as typical wandering. Molly’s new companion, Star—an intuitive Mini Aussiedoodle with eyes that miss nothing—disagrees.
Molly has spent decades reading people’s microexpressions, and the quiver in the daughter’s voice, the defensiveness of the town’s security chief, and the evasiveness of a jittery carnival worker all whisper the same thing: something is wrong. Very wrong.
As Molly and Star follow overlooked trails—one made of human emotion, the other of canine instinct—they uncover motives no one wants unearthed: a caregiver at her breaking point, a festival vendor with secrets woven through his past, and a town too used to looking the other way.
When evidence starts to disappear and tempers flare, Molly realizes this mystery isn’t waiting for a detective.
It’s waiting for her—before someone’s silence becomes permanent.
“As an author, I’m always fascinated by how much we reveal without saying a word, so Molly’s talent for reading micro-expressions is absolutely fascinating. Teamed up with Star—a very clever Mini Aussiedoodle—to find a missing neighbor make this a heartfelt and tense page-turner!”
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