Ashes of the Past
(2026)(The third book in the Chapel Books Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Madison Curtis
A condemned building. A suspicious fire. And a secret that Chapel Hill has been burying for a century.
Clara Winslow didn't come to Chapel Hill to solve murders. She came to sell rare books and survive her grief. But when the abandoned chapel annex burns to the ground and human remains surface in the rubble, she can't look away — especially when the dead won't stop whispering to her.
Her husband Adam died investigating this town's darkest secret. Now Clara is finishing what he started, with rescue dog Poe as her supernatural alarm system, best friend Daisy Blue mining the café gossip for intelligence, and carpenter Jack Faulkner watching her back.
The Circle has operated in the shadows for over a century — voting on who lives, who dies, and what gets buried. Charming historian Wallace Hendricks has answers that are too smooth. Matriarch Ruth Montgomery is making threats before the ashes are cold.
And Clara's name has just appeared on their ballot.
Expose the truth or become the next necessary loss. Those are Clara's only two options
Genre: Mystery
Clara Winslow didn't come to Chapel Hill to solve murders. She came to sell rare books and survive her grief. But when the abandoned chapel annex burns to the ground and human remains surface in the rubble, she can't look away — especially when the dead won't stop whispering to her.
Her husband Adam died investigating this town's darkest secret. Now Clara is finishing what he started, with rescue dog Poe as her supernatural alarm system, best friend Daisy Blue mining the café gossip for intelligence, and carpenter Jack Faulkner watching her back.
The Circle has operated in the shadows for over a century — voting on who lives, who dies, and what gets buried. Charming historian Wallace Hendricks has answers that are too smooth. Matriarch Ruth Montgomery is making threats before the ashes are cold.
And Clara's name has just appeared on their ballot.
Expose the truth or become the next necessary loss. Those are Clara's only two options
Genre: Mystery
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