The Clue at the Well Pump
(2026)(The first book in the Dead Days of Summer series)
A novel by Constance Barker
Antonia Monroe left Cotton Holler, Mississippi fifteen years ago with two suitcases and more certainty than sense. Now she's back — hired as the town's Community Revitalization Coordinator, tasked with saving a Main Street that's cracked, faded, and running out of time.
She didn't come home expecting to find a murder.
Between budget reports and listening sessions, Antonia stumbles onto something buried in the town's past: strange repairs at an old, abandoned well pump, tied to shipments no one wants to talk about. When the trail leads her to a body in the underbrush, "revitalization" suddenly means something much darker — and the only person she can trust to help her untangle it is Sebastian Connery, the boy she left behind, now Cotton Holler's under sheriff.
With Sheriff Ol' Moe Higgins keeping one eye on the investigation and the other on the peppermint jar, and half the town's secrets flowing through the chairs at the Southern Belle Hair Salon, Antonia has to figure out who's willing to kill to keep the past buried '' before Cotton Holler loses more than its Main Street.
Full of small-town charm, sharp banter, and a slow-burn reunion romance, The Clue at the Well Pump is a cozy mystery for readers who like their murder served with sweet tea and a side of biscuits.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
She didn't come home expecting to find a murder.
Between budget reports and listening sessions, Antonia stumbles onto something buried in the town's past: strange repairs at an old, abandoned well pump, tied to shipments no one wants to talk about. When the trail leads her to a body in the underbrush, "revitalization" suddenly means something much darker — and the only person she can trust to help her untangle it is Sebastian Connery, the boy she left behind, now Cotton Holler's under sheriff.
With Sheriff Ol' Moe Higgins keeping one eye on the investigation and the other on the peppermint jar, and half the town's secrets flowing through the chairs at the Southern Belle Hair Salon, Antonia has to figure out who's willing to kill to keep the past buried '' before Cotton Holler loses more than its Main Street.
Full of small-town charm, sharp banter, and a slow-burn reunion romance, The Clue at the Well Pump is a cozy mystery for readers who like their murder served with sweet tea and a side of biscuits.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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