The Silent Letter
A Raven Creek Files Novel
by Daniel Parton
A forgotten letter. A preacher’s death. A town built on silence.
When retired postmaster Zeke Hammond discovers a sealed envelope hidden in his attic—addressed to the Raven Creek sheriff in 1987—he expects an old complaint or lost tax form. What he finds is a confession.
‘I killed Preacher Grady Wilkes.’
— Beatrice Langley
But Wilkes died of natural causes. Or so the town believed.
Now, Sheriff Cole Taggart must reopen the past: a church fire long buried, a girl who stopped speaking, and a woman who may have killed to protect someone no one else would. As Cole, forensic nurse June Taggart, and investigative podcaster Abby Stratton uncover the layers of cover-up, guilt, and faith-warped power, Raven Creek begins to fracture.
Some say Beatrice was a murderer.
Others say she was the only one who ever told the truth.
In a town where silence once protected the powerful, the truth is finally breaking through the soil.
Genre: Mystery
A Raven Creek Files Novel
by Daniel Parton
A forgotten letter. A preacher’s death. A town built on silence.
When retired postmaster Zeke Hammond discovers a sealed envelope hidden in his attic—addressed to the Raven Creek sheriff in 1987—he expects an old complaint or lost tax form. What he finds is a confession.
‘I killed Preacher Grady Wilkes.’
— Beatrice Langley
But Wilkes died of natural causes. Or so the town believed.
Now, Sheriff Cole Taggart must reopen the past: a church fire long buried, a girl who stopped speaking, and a woman who may have killed to protect someone no one else would. As Cole, forensic nurse June Taggart, and investigative podcaster Abby Stratton uncover the layers of cover-up, guilt, and faith-warped power, Raven Creek begins to fracture.
Some say Beatrice was a murderer.
Others say she was the only one who ever told the truth.
In a town where silence once protected the powerful, the truth is finally breaking through the soil.
Genre: Mystery
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