A local beagle scratches up a ring, and the ring scratches open a forty-year-old wound. Ava Logan, founder of the Jackson Creek Chronicle, expected feature pieces -- not a murder inquiry. But a skull in the snow with a bullet hole demands more than curiosity.

Facing a young anthropologist, a protective sheriff who's sleeping at her house, and a clutch of townsfolk who know more than they say, Ava races from library basements to nursing-home scrapbooks to a little woman's kitchen where a secret has been simmering for decades. Evidence points in one direction; memories point in another. A mistaken identity, an old vendetta, or a cover-up -- someone doesn't want the story told.

Time is fragile in a cold case. The bones won't speak, witnesses age, and someone in Jackson Creek will decide whether history dies quietly or loudly. Ava can't let the dead lie.

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• Literature & FictionWomen's FictionMystery, Thriller & SuspenseCrime

• Publication Date: October 30, 2025
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• Print Length: 205 Pages
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