The Clue at the Old Canoe
(2026)(The fourth book in the Dead Days of Summer series)
A novel by Constance Barker
Three children vanished. Twenty years later, someone made sure the man blamed for their disappearance would never talk.
Antonia Monroe’s quiet afternoon fishing with undersheriff Seb Connery takes a grim turn when an old canoe drifts toward their boat. Inside lies Boyd Stevens, the former owner of Camp Soothing Shores—and the man Cotton Holler has suspected of a terrible crime for two decades.
Boyd was never charged. He was never forgiven, either.
With the twentieth anniversary approaching and the missing children’s thirtieth birthdays stirring old grief, several people wanted answers from Boyd. Now he’s dead, and Antonia isn’t convinced the truth died with him.
An abandoned camp, missing records, and a trail of uneasy apologies draw her into a case where every suspect has suffered—and more than one has something to hide. As Antonia and Seb piece together Boyd’s final days, their search uncovers secrets that could change everything the town believes about its darkest summer.
But someone has already killed over the past. And Cotton Holler’s long-awaited answers may come at a price neither of them is prepared to pay.
The Clue at the Old Canoe is a small-town cozy mystery filled with buried secrets, dry humor, and a second chance at romance.
Genre: Mystery
Antonia Monroe’s quiet afternoon fishing with undersheriff Seb Connery takes a grim turn when an old canoe drifts toward their boat. Inside lies Boyd Stevens, the former owner of Camp Soothing Shores—and the man Cotton Holler has suspected of a terrible crime for two decades.
Boyd was never charged. He was never forgiven, either.
With the twentieth anniversary approaching and the missing children’s thirtieth birthdays stirring old grief, several people wanted answers from Boyd. Now he’s dead, and Antonia isn’t convinced the truth died with him.
An abandoned camp, missing records, and a trail of uneasy apologies draw her into a case where every suspect has suffered—and more than one has something to hide. As Antonia and Seb piece together Boyd’s final days, their search uncovers secrets that could change everything the town believes about its darkest summer.
But someone has already killed over the past. And Cotton Holler’s long-awaited answers may come at a price neither of them is prepared to pay.
The Clue at the Old Canoe is a small-town cozy mystery filled with buried secrets, dry humor, and a second chance at romance.
Genre: Mystery