Solstice, Secrets & Sudden Death
(2026)(The fourth book in the Ancient Witch Trio Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by C L McCormick
Murder at Midsummer. A framed ranch hand. And a horse who saw everything.
When locals find a powerful rancher dead in his paddock they blame his prize stallion. Chloe suspects the tidy story is anything but. Her young apprentice Melody confirms it — the horse didn't act alone. Something made him.
Chloe's skeptical botanist assistant, telepathic cat with strong opinions, and enthusiastic doodle make up the rest of her team.
She follows the trail thirty miles from her New Harmony herb shop to a ranch with secrets buried deep in bad money and old grudges.
Suspects surface fast. A disgraced ranch hand nursing years of bitter grievance. A sharp-eyed heiress who inherits everything — and knows every stone of that property. Either had reason enough.
But as an innocent man sits in county custody, the real killer grows nervous. Nervous people become dangerous ones.
If Chloe can't prove what only a terrified horse saw, the wrong man goes to prison — and the real killer disappears.
Genre: Mystery
When locals find a powerful rancher dead in his paddock they blame his prize stallion. Chloe suspects the tidy story is anything but. Her young apprentice Melody confirms it — the horse didn't act alone. Something made him.
Chloe's skeptical botanist assistant, telepathic cat with strong opinions, and enthusiastic doodle make up the rest of her team.
She follows the trail thirty miles from her New Harmony herb shop to a ranch with secrets buried deep in bad money and old grudges.
Suspects surface fast. A disgraced ranch hand nursing years of bitter grievance. A sharp-eyed heiress who inherits everything — and knows every stone of that property. Either had reason enough.
But as an innocent man sits in county custody, the real killer grows nervous. Nervous people become dangerous ones.
If Chloe can't prove what only a terrified horse saw, the wrong man goes to prison — and the real killer disappears.
Genre: Mystery