Dead Quiet in Briar Hollow
(2025)(The first book in the Quiet Discretion Mysteries series)
A Story by Petra Shaw
The Quiet Discretion Mysteries
Briar Hollow is the kind of town that prides itself on being peaceful.
People smile. Doors stay unlocked. And when something goes wrong, everyone agrees not to talk about it.
Clara Whitlock makes her living buying and selling old things—objects that still remember what their owners tried to forget. When a seemingly harmless antique surfaces in her shop, it brings with it a quiet echo of fear that doesn’t belong to the present.
Then a man dies.
The town calls it an accident. A peaceful passing.
Clara knows better.
With the help of her sharp-tongued, ever-watchful cat Nimbus, Clara begins to uncover what Briar Hollow is determined to keep buried: a lie everyone agreed to protect, even if it meant letting the truth destroy someone else.
As whispers turn to resistance and friendly smiles grow cold, Clara learns the most dangerous thing about a quiet town—
Silence isn’t kindness.
It’s a weapon.
And once you stop keeping it, there’s no going back.
Perfect for fans of paranormal cozy mysteries featuring small towns, hidden secrets, clean suspense, and a female sleuth who refuses to let silence decide who lives.
This series is best read in order.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Briar Hollow is the kind of town that prides itself on being peaceful.
People smile. Doors stay unlocked. And when something goes wrong, everyone agrees not to talk about it.
Clara Whitlock makes her living buying and selling old things—objects that still remember what their owners tried to forget. When a seemingly harmless antique surfaces in her shop, it brings with it a quiet echo of fear that doesn’t belong to the present.
Then a man dies.
The town calls it an accident. A peaceful passing.
Clara knows better.
With the help of her sharp-tongued, ever-watchful cat Nimbus, Clara begins to uncover what Briar Hollow is determined to keep buried: a lie everyone agreed to protect, even if it meant letting the truth destroy someone else.
As whispers turn to resistance and friendly smiles grow cold, Clara learns the most dangerous thing about a quiet town—
Silence isn’t kindness.
It’s a weapon.
And once you stop keeping it, there’s no going back.
Perfect for fans of paranormal cozy mysteries featuring small towns, hidden secrets, clean suspense, and a female sleuth who refuses to let silence decide who lives.
This series is best read in order.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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