Dirt Dogs and Dead Men
(2026)(The fourth book in the Ruby Hartwell Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Pamela Gunn
The Pinewood Founders' Day Reenactment has always been historically questionable and aggressively enthusiastic. This year, it's also a crime scene.
Local landscaper Ruby Hartwell expected an afternoon of bad colonial costumes, worse speeches, and a sunburn. She did not expect Matt Hargrove, president of the Historical Society, to end up dead before the ribbon-cutting.
Sheriff Boone wants Ruby on the sidelines. History suggests that's not going to happen.
Between Gerald Pierce, a thirty-year volunteer facing expulsion, and Henry Lovell, a treasurer with nervous hands and an even more nervous ledger, Ruby has no shortage of suspects — and no shortage of people getting in her way. Her best friend JoLee keeps chasing theories. Honeybell Crowder is broadcasting every rumor to half the parish. And Moxie the dog is doing what Moxie does best: making everything more interesting.
Someone is willing to commit murder to keep the truth from being revealed. If Ruby doesn't find the killer soon, Pinewood's history may be about to claim another victim.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Local landscaper Ruby Hartwell expected an afternoon of bad colonial costumes, worse speeches, and a sunburn. She did not expect Matt Hargrove, president of the Historical Society, to end up dead before the ribbon-cutting.
Sheriff Boone wants Ruby on the sidelines. History suggests that's not going to happen.
Between Gerald Pierce, a thirty-year volunteer facing expulsion, and Henry Lovell, a treasurer with nervous hands and an even more nervous ledger, Ruby has no shortage of suspects — and no shortage of people getting in her way. Her best friend JoLee keeps chasing theories. Honeybell Crowder is broadcasting every rumor to half the parish. And Moxie the dog is doing what Moxie does best: making everything more interesting.
Someone is willing to commit murder to keep the truth from being revealed. If Ruby doesn't find the killer soon, Pinewood's history may be about to claim another victim.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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