Double Trouble at the Heritage Festival
(2026)(The fourth book in the Claire Vaughan Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Elyse Gray
A tense cozy mystery with two crimes, one body, and a killer hiding in plain sight.
Chester Hardin’s body was found hidden near a mushroom trail during the Echo Mountain Heritage Festival.
The sheriff calls it a bear attack—and plans to close the case in four days.
Claire Vaughan isn’t buying it, and neither is her ex-detective friend Jack.
Hardin’s winning lottery ticket is missing.
His active mining claim may be worth even more.
Someone stole the ticket. Someone killed Hardin.
Was it one crime''' or two? One culprit… or two?
Someone had a million reasons to commit both—and every reason to keep quiet.
And Hardin had more enemies than a porcupine has quills.
The clues don’t add up—and the red herrings only make it worse.
With time running out, Claire, Jack, and Parker, Claire’s intuitive Mini Aussie must piece together a trail that doesn’t make sense.
Four days… before a killer walks free.
Genre: Mystery
Chester Hardin’s body was found hidden near a mushroom trail during the Echo Mountain Heritage Festival.
The sheriff calls it a bear attack—and plans to close the case in four days.
Claire Vaughan isn’t buying it, and neither is her ex-detective friend Jack.
Hardin’s winning lottery ticket is missing.
His active mining claim may be worth even more.
Someone stole the ticket. Someone killed Hardin.
Was it one crime''' or two? One culprit… or two?
Someone had a million reasons to commit both—and every reason to keep quiet.
And Hardin had more enemies than a porcupine has quills.
The clues don’t add up—and the red herrings only make it worse.
With time running out, Claire, Jack, and Parker, Claire’s intuitive Mini Aussie must piece together a trail that doesn’t make sense.
Four days… before a killer walks free.
Genre: Mystery
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