The Sunken Road
(2025)(The second book in the Lamp Oil and Violets series)
A novel by Robert Lancaster
When the tide gives up a girl, the truth begins to surface.
Maren Mendoza, forensic specialist on a long overdue holiday, never meant to find a body on the Sunken Road.
But the young dancer pulled from the tidal flats wasn’t meant to die—and she wasn’t the only one.
Washed, braided, and left to be found, the girl has no name, no ID, and no one reporting her missing.
Until Ivy Holder’s public appeal sends the internet searching—and a familiar face comes forward.
As Maren and Detective Jack Fallon dig into Celia’s last hours, a darker pattern emerges:
a predator hiding behind trust, grooming talent, and letting the lake absolve his sins.
And when another girl vanishes, the investigation turns into a race against a man who has been perfecting his method for years.
Genre: Mystery
Maren Mendoza, forensic specialist on a long overdue holiday, never meant to find a body on the Sunken Road.
But the young dancer pulled from the tidal flats wasn’t meant to die—and she wasn’t the only one.
Washed, braided, and left to be found, the girl has no name, no ID, and no one reporting her missing.
Until Ivy Holder’s public appeal sends the internet searching—and a familiar face comes forward.
As Maren and Detective Jack Fallon dig into Celia’s last hours, a darker pattern emerges:
a predator hiding behind trust, grooming talent, and letting the lake absolve his sins.
And when another girl vanishes, the investigation turns into a race against a man who has been perfecting his method for years.
Genre: Mystery
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