The Man Who Vanished Twice
(2026)(The first book in the Everybody's a Detective Mystery series)
A novel by A J Starkwell
The case is simple. The town isn’t.
In a small town where everyone fancies themselves a detective, finding the truth is harder than it looks.
When a well-liked local man vanishes during the dead of winter, Constable Gabe Morick knows exactly what’s coming: the theories, the tips, the confidently wrong conclusions. What he doesn’t expect is how fast the entire town decides to solve the case themselves.
His new partner, Emily Flood, wants to chase every lead. Every sighting could be real. Every hunch could break the case open. But Gabe knows better. In Eyrie, everyone talks, and nobody listens.
As amateur sleuths swarm the investigation, true-crime podcasters crowd the scene, and a Facebook group spins wilder theories by the hour, the real clues are buried under the noise.
And somewhere in the chaos lies the truth about what happened to Martin Cross.
The Man Who Vanished Twice is a cozy, comedic mystery set in a border town where nothing ever happens—until it does.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
In a small town where everyone fancies themselves a detective, finding the truth is harder than it looks.
When a well-liked local man vanishes during the dead of winter, Constable Gabe Morick knows exactly what’s coming: the theories, the tips, the confidently wrong conclusions. What he doesn’t expect is how fast the entire town decides to solve the case themselves.
His new partner, Emily Flood, wants to chase every lead. Every sighting could be real. Every hunch could break the case open. But Gabe knows better. In Eyrie, everyone talks, and nobody listens.
As amateur sleuths swarm the investigation, true-crime podcasters crowd the scene, and a Facebook group spins wilder theories by the hour, the real clues are buried under the noise.
And somewhere in the chaos lies the truth about what happened to Martin Cross.
The Man Who Vanished Twice is a cozy, comedic mystery set in a border town where nothing ever happens—until it does.
Genre: Cozy Mystery