Grounds for Murder
(2026)(The third book in the Maple Hollow Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Tessa Teacraft
One dead body. One Spring Fling Festival. One cafe owner who should have stayed in the kitchen.
Sadie Harper has spent twelve years building a quiet life in Maple Hollow. A cozy cafe. Loyal regulars. A cat named Muffin who considers herself co-investigator.
When festival organizer Marcus Holt turns up dead on the village green, Detective Theo Blake says stay out of it. Muffin finds courier receipts. Sadie asks questions.
Marcus controlled planning decisions in Maple Hollow and used that power freely. Callum Bright had just received a lease letter threatening everything he'd built — spotted alone on the green before dawn. Owen Holt stood to inherit land his father had spent years blocking.
Forged documents. Deleted footage. A forty-year cover-up in the planning committee's own files.
If Sadie can't name the killer, the truth gets buried.
The committee votes in three days.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Sadie Harper has spent twelve years building a quiet life in Maple Hollow. A cozy cafe. Loyal regulars. A cat named Muffin who considers herself co-investigator.
When festival organizer Marcus Holt turns up dead on the village green, Detective Theo Blake says stay out of it. Muffin finds courier receipts. Sadie asks questions.
Marcus controlled planning decisions in Maple Hollow and used that power freely. Callum Bright had just received a lease letter threatening everything he'd built — spotted alone on the green before dawn. Owen Holt stood to inherit land his father had spent years blocking.
Forged documents. Deleted footage. A forty-year cover-up in the planning committee's own files.
If Sadie can't name the killer, the truth gets buried.
The committee votes in three days.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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