Some fires start by accident.
Others are set to hide something.
Bailey Baker hasn't been home in years. She left Hickory Mountain with a suitcase and a lie, and she's been running ever since. But when her parents die in a house fire, she comes back to say goodbye and settle what's left of the estate.
The sheriff calls it old wiring. A tragedy, not a mystery.
Bailey almost believes him. But the longer she stays, the more the official story begins to fray.
A slick investor shows up with an offer for her parents' land. Lower than what he'd offered before.
A trusted neighbor pushes Bailey to sell and seems to know more than he should.
His troubled younger brother has been making and selling drugs for years, while everyone in town looks the other way.
And the sheriff keeps steering every conversation toward the same place: sign the papers, take the money, leave.
Everybody in Hickory Mountain knows something. But nobody is saying it.
And the closer Bailey gets to the truth, the more obvious it becomes that someone wants her gone.
THE EMPTY SINGLEWIDE is Book 7 of The "Empty" Thriller Series. It can be read as a standalone.
Natasha Stone books are SLOW-BURN psychological thrillers that may include: mild violence, themes of abuse, death, stalking, kidnapping, PTSD, and light sexual references. They do NOT contain explicit sexual content, foul language, rape, or gore.
Genre: Mystery
Others are set to hide something.
Bailey Baker hasn't been home in years. She left Hickory Mountain with a suitcase and a lie, and she's been running ever since. But when her parents die in a house fire, she comes back to say goodbye and settle what's left of the estate.
The sheriff calls it old wiring. A tragedy, not a mystery.
Bailey almost believes him. But the longer she stays, the more the official story begins to fray.
A slick investor shows up with an offer for her parents' land. Lower than what he'd offered before.
A trusted neighbor pushes Bailey to sell and seems to know more than he should.
His troubled younger brother has been making and selling drugs for years, while everyone in town looks the other way.
And the sheriff keeps steering every conversation toward the same place: sign the papers, take the money, leave.
Everybody in Hickory Mountain knows something. But nobody is saying it.
And the closer Bailey gets to the truth, the more obvious it becomes that someone wants her gone.
THE EMPTY SINGLEWIDE is Book 7 of The "Empty" Thriller Series. It can be read as a standalone.
Natasha Stone books are SLOW-BURN psychological thrillers that may include: mild violence, themes of abuse, death, stalking, kidnapping, PTSD, and light sexual references. They do NOT contain explicit sexual content, foul language, rape, or gore.
Genre: Mystery
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