A Bar, A Bookstore, and a Body
(2025)(The first book in the Mystery Falls series)
A novel by Kristen Chaney Beard
She came to open a bar. Instead, she opened a murder investigation.
All Ava Fairchild wants is a fresh start. A small town in the Pacific Northwest, a chance to open her dream bar, and maybe—just maybe—leave her ruined reputation in New York behind. Mystery Falls seems perfect… until she finds a body in the stream by her bar.Local Drew Davenport is opening a bookstore next to Ava’s bar while grieving the loss of his mother—but now everything is tangled up with Ava and this murder mystery. If an unidentified body wasn’t enough… Their landlord is missing, their building hides secrets of its own, and the clues show that everyone in town is a potential suspect in the murder.
With the sheriff eyeing her as an outsider, Ava has no choice but to follow the clues herself. But the closer she and Drew get to the truth, the more dangerous the town’s secrets become.
In Mystery Falls, even the friendliest neighbors might kill to protect what’s theirs.
Genre: Mystery
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