Last Name in the Ledger
(2026)(The fifth book in the Foxglove & Ink Mystery series)
A novel by Diana Beckett
Founders Day is supposed to be Bramblewick at its finest.
The bunting is up, the memorial exhibition is ready, and the town is preparing to unveil the historic marriage book and founder records that have shaped its proudest story for generations. For Edie Harlow, it should be a chance to prove that Foxglove & Ink belongs at the heart of the town she fought so hard to keep.
Instead, the town solicitor is found dead at the foot of a hidden stair.
When crucial reserve proofs vanish from the memorial chest and a trail of altered records leads straight into Bramblewick’s most treasured history, Edie realizes this is no longer just another murder tied to a public event. This is the case everything has been building toward. The names, the missing pages, the false inheritances, the land transfers, the old lies polished into civic pride. All of it points to one brutal truth: someone has been protecting the town’s cleanest myth for years, and they will kill to keep the right name in the ledger.
Now Edie must follow the last paper trail through locked files, buried founder claims, and the people who built their lives on a stolen story. Because if she fails, Foxglove & Ink could be ruined, Rose Harlow’s fight will have been for nothing, and Bramblewick’s biggest lie will become permanent history.
Last Name in the Ledger is Book 5 in the Foxglove & Ink Mysteries, a cozy mystery series filled with village intrigue, clever clues, old records, and a sharp-eyed sleuth who knows paper can hide a town’s darkest crimes in plain sight.
Genre: Mystery
The bunting is up, the memorial exhibition is ready, and the town is preparing to unveil the historic marriage book and founder records that have shaped its proudest story for generations. For Edie Harlow, it should be a chance to prove that Foxglove & Ink belongs at the heart of the town she fought so hard to keep.
Instead, the town solicitor is found dead at the foot of a hidden stair.
When crucial reserve proofs vanish from the memorial chest and a trail of altered records leads straight into Bramblewick’s most treasured history, Edie realizes this is no longer just another murder tied to a public event. This is the case everything has been building toward. The names, the missing pages, the false inheritances, the land transfers, the old lies polished into civic pride. All of it points to one brutal truth: someone has been protecting the town’s cleanest myth for years, and they will kill to keep the right name in the ledger.
Now Edie must follow the last paper trail through locked files, buried founder claims, and the people who built their lives on a stolen story. Because if she fails, Foxglove & Ink could be ruined, Rose Harlow’s fight will have been for nothing, and Bramblewick’s biggest lie will become permanent history.
Last Name in the Ledger is Book 5 in the Foxglove & Ink Mysteries, a cozy mystery series filled with village intrigue, clever clues, old records, and a sharp-eyed sleuth who knows paper can hide a town’s darkest crimes in plain sight.
Genre: Mystery
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