Bones in the Garden
(2025)(The third book in the Dog Walking Detective series)
A Story by Daisy Stone
A couple more weeks of peace. That's all Megan Brown wants after solving two murders in her first eight months in Maplewood Cove.
When a construction crew unearths a skeleton in her beloved client's garden, Megan swears she's staying out of it. The victim is Betty Morrison, a schoolteacher who vanished in 1952, and the past should stay buried.
But the past has a way of demanding attention.
A wealthy widow offers Megan money to stop asking questions she hasn't asked. A desperate grandson makes veiled threats. And the victim's great-niece arrives with a family legend that refuses to die: Betty didn't run away. She was murdered.
As Megan gets pulled deeper into a seventy-year-old mystery, she discovers that some secrets are worth killing for—even now. The question isn't just who killed Betty Morrison in 1952. It's who's willing to kill today to keep that secret buried.
With her loyal beagle-corgi Biscuit at her side and danger closing in, Megan must solve a cold case before history repeats itself. Because in Maplewood Cove, some bones refuse to stay silent.
And some people will burn everything down to keep them quiet.
Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries with amateur sleuths, small-town secrets, and dogs who always know more than they should.
While this is Book 3 in the Dog Walking Detective series, it can be read as a complete standalone—all mysteries are fully resolved, and no prior knowledge of the series is required.
Genre: Mystery
When a construction crew unearths a skeleton in her beloved client's garden, Megan swears she's staying out of it. The victim is Betty Morrison, a schoolteacher who vanished in 1952, and the past should stay buried.
But the past has a way of demanding attention.
A wealthy widow offers Megan money to stop asking questions she hasn't asked. A desperate grandson makes veiled threats. And the victim's great-niece arrives with a family legend that refuses to die: Betty didn't run away. She was murdered.
As Megan gets pulled deeper into a seventy-year-old mystery, she discovers that some secrets are worth killing for—even now. The question isn't just who killed Betty Morrison in 1952. It's who's willing to kill today to keep that secret buried.
With her loyal beagle-corgi Biscuit at her side and danger closing in, Megan must solve a cold case before history repeats itself. Because in Maplewood Cove, some bones refuse to stay silent.
And some people will burn everything down to keep them quiet.
Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries with amateur sleuths, small-town secrets, and dogs who always know more than they should.
While this is Book 3 in the Dog Walking Detective series, it can be read as a complete standalone—all mysteries are fully resolved, and no prior knowledge of the series is required.
Genre: Mystery
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