A Solstice Secret in Marrowfen
(2026)(The third book in the Moon Jar Witch Mystery series)
A novel by Claire Bessey
Midsummer in Marrowfen should be all flowers, lanterns, music, and village charm.
Instead, it opens with a missing solstice token and ends with a body near the old orchard circle.
As the village prepares for bonfires and celebration, Sylvie Bennett is still learning the deeper history of The Moon Jar and the old customs tied to Marrowfen’s past. When a young woman dies on the edge of the festival, gossip spreads fast, but the neat story does not hold. Too many people are lying. Too many movements do not match. And someone has been using pretty village traditions to hide something far more practical and dangerous.
To uncover the truth, Sylvie must follow a trail of missing ribbon, false charm goods, hidden meetings, and old records that suggest the village has been protecting the wrong version of its own folklore. But the closer she gets to what was stolen, the clearer it becomes that this murder is tied not just to festival jealousy or blackmail, but to the deeper secret history of Marrowfen itself.
This midsummer, the old customs are no longer harmless.
Genre: Mystery
Instead, it opens with a missing solstice token and ends with a body near the old orchard circle.
As the village prepares for bonfires and celebration, Sylvie Bennett is still learning the deeper history of The Moon Jar and the old customs tied to Marrowfen’s past. When a young woman dies on the edge of the festival, gossip spreads fast, but the neat story does not hold. Too many people are lying. Too many movements do not match. And someone has been using pretty village traditions to hide something far more practical and dangerous.
To uncover the truth, Sylvie must follow a trail of missing ribbon, false charm goods, hidden meetings, and old records that suggest the village has been protecting the wrong version of its own folklore. But the closer she gets to what was stolen, the clearer it becomes that this murder is tied not just to festival jealousy or blackmail, but to the deeper secret history of Marrowfen itself.
This midsummer, the old customs are no longer harmless.
Genre: Mystery
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