The Thousand Islands Secret
(2025)(The fourth book in the Kayla Brodie Mystery series)
A Story by Vivian Vale
A Kayla Brodie Mystery (Book 4)
When history's secrets turn deadly, photographer Kayla Brodie and her faithful dog Nox discover that some treasures are worth killing for.
Freelance photographer Kayla Brodie arrives in the romantic Thousand Islands expecting to capture scenic beauty for Northeast Nature Magazine. Instead, she finds herself drawn into a web of historical mystery when passionate ghost tour operator Vincent Harrow is found dead in elaborate 1920s costume near the fairy-tale towers of Boldt Castle.
What appears to be a heart attack during a solo historical reenactment quickly reveals itself as something far more sinister. Vincent's lifelong research into Prohibition-era smuggling has vanished, along with evidence of a treasure discovery that could rewrite local history.
As Kayla and her canine partner Nox follow Vincent's research trail through the maze of islands, they uncover:
• A sophisticated authentication fraud targeting amateur historians
• Multi-generational smuggling operations using century-old routes
• Academic impersonation schemes designed to steal historical discoveries
• An art theft conspiracy with federal implications
But someone is watching their every move, and when Vincent's apprentice Danny Morrison becomes a target, Kayla realizes the killer will stop at nothing to protect secrets that connect past crimes to present-day criminal enterprises.
Genre: Mystery
When history's secrets turn deadly, photographer Kayla Brodie and her faithful dog Nox discover that some treasures are worth killing for.
Freelance photographer Kayla Brodie arrives in the romantic Thousand Islands expecting to capture scenic beauty for Northeast Nature Magazine. Instead, she finds herself drawn into a web of historical mystery when passionate ghost tour operator Vincent Harrow is found dead in elaborate 1920s costume near the fairy-tale towers of Boldt Castle.
What appears to be a heart attack during a solo historical reenactment quickly reveals itself as something far more sinister. Vincent's lifelong research into Prohibition-era smuggling has vanished, along with evidence of a treasure discovery that could rewrite local history.
As Kayla and her canine partner Nox follow Vincent's research trail through the maze of islands, they uncover:
• A sophisticated authentication fraud targeting amateur historians
• Multi-generational smuggling operations using century-old routes
• Academic impersonation schemes designed to steal historical discoveries
• An art theft conspiracy with federal implications
But someone is watching their every move, and when Vincent's apprentice Danny Morrison becomes a target, Kayla realizes the killer will stop at nothing to protect secrets that connect past crimes to present-day criminal enterprises.
Genre: Mystery
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