Porchlights and a Murder
(2026)(The fourth book in the Mallory Harper series)
A novel by Poppy McQuay
The hit-and-run looked like an accident. Just not a very convincing one.
Mallory Harper moved here for three things: stability, a job, and zero involvement in anything requiring police tape. What she got was Pickles, her stubborn rescue mutt, dragging her straight into the worst night of her organized life.
Ray Dobbins is dead in the street outside the model home. The town's most hated contractor just became its most popular corpse, and nobody's crying into their casseroles.
The police are satisfied. Mallory isn't.
The model home's side door was open when it should have been locked. The keycard log shows no access that night. The brand-new pavement shows no sign of braking.
So why is everyone so desperate to call this an accident instead of murder?
The suspects line up fast: Ray’s latest blackmail victim with everything to lose, a councilman clinging to his career, and Mallory’s own boss who says he’s protecting her, but won’t say from what.
Someone needed Ray silenced.
And if Mallory and her dog keep digging, the next hit-and-run in Willow Creek will be theirs.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Mallory Harper moved here for three things: stability, a job, and zero involvement in anything requiring police tape. What she got was Pickles, her stubborn rescue mutt, dragging her straight into the worst night of her organized life.
Ray Dobbins is dead in the street outside the model home. The town's most hated contractor just became its most popular corpse, and nobody's crying into their casseroles.
The police are satisfied. Mallory isn't.
The model home's side door was open when it should have been locked. The keycard log shows no access that night. The brand-new pavement shows no sign of braking.
So why is everyone so desperate to call this an accident instead of murder?
The suspects line up fast: Ray’s latest blackmail victim with everything to lose, a councilman clinging to his career, and Mallory’s own boss who says he’s protecting her, but won’t say from what.
Someone needed Ray silenced.
And if Mallory and her dog keep digging, the next hit-and-run in Willow Creek will be theirs.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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