The Body on Sleepy Hollow Lane
Hollow Hearth Mysteries · Book 5
A final-reckoning cozy mystery about a decades-old disappearance, a fresh corpse, and the night a whole town chose to lie

Sleepy Hollow Lane was just a story.
Until the bulldozer dug up a body.

When construction crews break ground on a luxury development at the edge of Evergreen Hollow, they uncover a shallow grave on the trail where a local teenager vanished twenty years ago. The bones in the dirt are recent. The rusted pendant tangled in the roots is not.

Candle maker Mara Linden recognises the pendant from an old photograph of Lena Pell, the girl the town has spent two decades calling a runaway. As panic spreads and the developers fight to keep their project alive, someone starts "tidying" archives. Records disappear. Witnesses change their stories. Another person connected to that Halloween retreat turns up dead.

The sheriff has no choice but to reopen the Lena Pell case for real. Mara has no intention of watching from the sidelines. With hacker neighbour Eli, guilty aunt Ivy and returning witness Kira at her side, she follows a trail of missing files, secret payments and buried youth-group minutes that all point to the same place.

The Founders Circle.

For years, Evergreen's most respected citizens have shaped every official version of the story. Now that story is cracking. A former staff member lies in a fresh grave on the Lane. A powerful chairwoman will kill again rather than lose everything she has built. And the only complete record of what happened that night may be the frightened voice of teenage Mara on a tape she has never dared to hear until now.

To solve the murder in front of her, Mara has to face the one behind her. The girl they buried. The town they loved more than the truth.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:

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Small-town cozy mysteries with a long-running cold case

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Strong, observant heroines and found family

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Dark secrets, old tapes, and corrupt community leaders

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Low-gore whodunits that still land an emotional punch

Return to Evergreen Hollow in the final Hollow Hearth Mystery, where every lie on Sleepy Hollow Lane is about to meet the light of a single stubborn candle.

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• Publication Date: December 2, 2025
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• Print Length: 450 Pages
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