The Body in the Hayloft
(2025)(The third book in the Rose Creek Mystery series)
A novel by Catherine Dilts
Bookstore owner Emily believes cats and mysteries go together, and she just might be right. During an equestrian workshop at the Double C ranch in northeast Oklahoma, a pampered Persian housecat leads Callie to a woman in a hayloft. The Rose Creek Reads book club springs into action, investigating the meaning behind the woman’s mysterious final words.
While creating a new murder board for book club, Makenzie hides her own secret – a potential layoff at Brieswell Pottery Works threatens her future as a chemist. University mathematician Shanice is happy to be dating famous horse-whisperer Sam, until he becomes a suspect in the murder. Lawyer Drew tackles a case involving mineral rights that leads straight to the Double C ranch.
The book club mingles with Olympic-level horses, their fussy humans, and disruptive animal rights activists flooding the normally peaceful ranch with drama. When the conclusion of the weekend event approaches, potential suspects will soon leave Rose Creek. The urgency to solve the murder escalates. Until a crisis throws the book club and the ranch into a panic.
"A mysterious death of a woman takes precedence in this story. Was she killed by the horse whispers? With so many suspects how will they find the killer?"
-Brenda, BookSirens reviewer
Praise for The Rose Creek Mysteries Book One: The Body in the Cattails -
"Read this book in one weekend, it was so good."
Fleur Bradley, award-winning author
"An entertaining mystery from start to finish, I enjoyed the Oklahoma setting, great characters, and Catherine's indelible style."
-Donnell Ann Bell, bestselling author of Black Pearl: A Cold Case Suspense
Genre: Mystery
While creating a new murder board for book club, Makenzie hides her own secret – a potential layoff at Brieswell Pottery Works threatens her future as a chemist. University mathematician Shanice is happy to be dating famous horse-whisperer Sam, until he becomes a suspect in the murder. Lawyer Drew tackles a case involving mineral rights that leads straight to the Double C ranch.
The book club mingles with Olympic-level horses, their fussy humans, and disruptive animal rights activists flooding the normally peaceful ranch with drama. When the conclusion of the weekend event approaches, potential suspects will soon leave Rose Creek. The urgency to solve the murder escalates. Until a crisis throws the book club and the ranch into a panic.
"A mysterious death of a woman takes precedence in this story. Was she killed by the horse whispers? With so many suspects how will they find the killer?"
-Brenda, BookSirens reviewer
Praise for The Rose Creek Mysteries Book One: The Body in the Cattails -
"Read this book in one weekend, it was so good."
Fleur Bradley, award-winning author
"An entertaining mystery from start to finish, I enjoyed the Oklahoma setting, great characters, and Catherine's indelible style."
-Donnell Ann Bell, bestselling author of Black Pearl: A Cold Case Suspense
Genre: Mystery
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