An intriguing murder mystery-thriller set in a historic Southern town!
When unexpected DNA results connect nomad Zoe Nichols with an unknown half-sister in Tennessee, she hopes coffee-fueled conversations and time in the mountains will heal her recently bruised heart. Instead, she’s propelled headlong into a mystery when her sister''s caretaking client turns up missing.
Calhoun, a 93-year-old recluse obsessed with old documents and a local buried-treasure legend didn’t simply wander off. Calhoun was onto something. And the deeper Zoe digs, the clearer it becomes that someone is determined to make sure whatever he uncovered stays hidden.
As Zoe and her sister begin asking questions, their search for Calhoun collides with a long-suppressed Civil War scandal involving stolen gold and a powerful judge whose family legacy may be built on a lie. But the closer they come to unraveling the mystery of Calhoun’s disappearance, the more urgent the search becomes—because if Calhoun really found that long-ago treasure, someone may be willing to do whatever it takes to keep that history on ice.
This is the fourth book in the Zoe Nichols Van-Life series, but can be read as a stand-alone. It’s a Southern mystery/thriller about chosen family and the buried secrets that small towns try hardest to forget. Leap into the adventure with a woman amateur sleuth and her opinionated African Grey in this heady Southern mystery!
Genre: Mystery
When unexpected DNA results connect nomad Zoe Nichols with an unknown half-sister in Tennessee, she hopes coffee-fueled conversations and time in the mountains will heal her recently bruised heart. Instead, she’s propelled headlong into a mystery when her sister''s caretaking client turns up missing.
Calhoun, a 93-year-old recluse obsessed with old documents and a local buried-treasure legend didn’t simply wander off. Calhoun was onto something. And the deeper Zoe digs, the clearer it becomes that someone is determined to make sure whatever he uncovered stays hidden.
As Zoe and her sister begin asking questions, their search for Calhoun collides with a long-suppressed Civil War scandal involving stolen gold and a powerful judge whose family legacy may be built on a lie. But the closer they come to unraveling the mystery of Calhoun’s disappearance, the more urgent the search becomes—because if Calhoun really found that long-ago treasure, someone may be willing to do whatever it takes to keep that history on ice.
This is the fourth book in the Zoe Nichols Van-Life series, but can be read as a stand-alone. It’s a Southern mystery/thriller about chosen family and the buried secrets that small towns try hardest to forget. Leap into the adventure with a woman amateur sleuth and her opinionated African Grey in this heady Southern mystery!
Genre: Mystery
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