Trust no one, suspect everyone.

In the charming town of Cedarwood, where everyone knows your name, PI Marti Wells is about to uncover a darkness that threatens to shatter its picturesque facade.

Hired by a grieving widow to investigate her husband’s puzzling behavior before his untimely death, Marti finds herself entangled in a web of lies, betrayal, and long-buried secrets. As she digs deeper, she realizes the quaint community harbors a sinister underbelly – one that powerful forces will do anything to keep hidden.

With an uncanny intuition and a stubborn streak a mile wide, Marti has carved out a career piecing together the fragments others overlook. And in Cedarwood, those fragments are about to form a deadly puzzle.

With each clue, the danger mounts. A mysterious attacker. A missing notebook. A string of suspicious deaths. What connects them all?

As Marti races to unravel the truth, she becomes the target of a relentless killer who will stop at nothing to keep the past buried. Can she expose the town’s hidden sins before she becomes the next victim?

Read the second page-turning mystery in the Marti Wells series today. Perfect for fans of Laura Lippman, Sue Grafton, Michael Connelly, and John Sandford.