The Body in the Wall
(2026)(The fifth book in the Emelia Walsh Cozy Mysteries series)
A novel by Abigail Scott
Part of a #1 Amazon Bestselling Series!
Emelia Sutton has been married for five weeks.
Five wonderful, blissfully murder-free weeks.
After years of helping other people find their happily-ever-afters, Emmy is finally enjoying her own. She has a husband she adores, a cozy home filled with cats, a historic building to renovate, and exactly zero plans to investigate another murder.
She’s traded her professional bridesmaid kit for drywall blueprints and a twenty-six-tab renovation binder as she prepares to launch her new business, The Jemma Event Hall. Her to-do list is anything but simple—permits, contractors, paint colors, and a town council that has opinions about everything, including fairy lights, ice cream pie, and whether or not Bill Murray actually used Ernie Henderson's bathroom.
Demolition day starts simple enough. Her husband, Detective Sergeant John Sutton, hands her a sledgehammer and tells her to pick a wall.
What's behind it isn't drywall dust.
Suddenly the Jemma is a crime scene, the renovation is on hold, and John finds himself working a case that hits closer to home than he ever expected.
Emmy swore she was done with murder boards and amateur sleuthing. But when the mystery is buried in the walls of your own future, staying out of it was never really an option.
And John would very much prefer that his wife stay out of the investigation.
Emmy would very much prefer that suspicious things stop happening.
Neither gets their wish.
The Body in the Wall is a cozy mystery featuring a small Vermont town, a swoon-worthy detective husband, two adorable cats, lovable side characters (including Emmy's shell-shocked brother Isaac—who is currently wondering why he ever agreed to become the town's mayor) and an amateur sleuth who really should know better by now.
Because some walls hide more than old wiring.
Some hide murder.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Emelia Sutton has been married for five weeks.
Five wonderful, blissfully murder-free weeks.
After years of helping other people find their happily-ever-afters, Emmy is finally enjoying her own. She has a husband she adores, a cozy home filled with cats, a historic building to renovate, and exactly zero plans to investigate another murder.
She’s traded her professional bridesmaid kit for drywall blueprints and a twenty-six-tab renovation binder as she prepares to launch her new business, The Jemma Event Hall. Her to-do list is anything but simple—permits, contractors, paint colors, and a town council that has opinions about everything, including fairy lights, ice cream pie, and whether or not Bill Murray actually used Ernie Henderson's bathroom.
Demolition day starts simple enough. Her husband, Detective Sergeant John Sutton, hands her a sledgehammer and tells her to pick a wall.
What's behind it isn't drywall dust.
Suddenly the Jemma is a crime scene, the renovation is on hold, and John finds himself working a case that hits closer to home than he ever expected.
Emmy swore she was done with murder boards and amateur sleuthing. But when the mystery is buried in the walls of your own future, staying out of it was never really an option.
And John would very much prefer that his wife stay out of the investigation.
Emmy would very much prefer that suspicious things stop happening.
Neither gets their wish.
The Body in the Wall is a cozy mystery featuring a small Vermont town, a swoon-worthy detective husband, two adorable cats, lovable side characters (including Emmy's shell-shocked brother Isaac—who is currently wondering why he ever agreed to become the town's mayor) and an amateur sleuth who really should know better by now.
Because some walls hide more than old wiring.
Some hide murder.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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