The Last Hanging
(2026)(The third book in the Chronicles of the Whispering Falls Keepers series)
A novel by Hazel Whitmore
The hangings have ended. The danger has not.
September 1692. Fear still rules Andover, and an accused woman hidden among sympathetic households has already escaped discovery once.
Then it happens again.
Someone is getting too close.
As Mercy Lovejoy tries to keep a vulnerable woman beyond the reach of accusation, every near discovery raises the same terrifying question: has someone betrayed the refuge network, or has the network itself become dangerously easy to follow?
Mercy's quiet magic cannot tell her who to trust. Neither can Rufus, Sable, and Thimble. Finding the truth will require patience, ordinary evidence, and a willingness to question the very methods meant to keep people safe.
While Massachusetts begins its slow retreat from the hysteria of 1692, Mercy must learn that secrecy and safety are not always the same thing. And beyond the fear, she and Josiah are beginning to imagine something neither of them has been able to count on for months.
A future.
The Last Hanging is Book Three of the Mercy Lovejoy series, a historical cozy fantasy mystery set against the real events of the Salem witch trials and their aftermath.
Genre: Fantasy
September 1692. Fear still rules Andover, and an accused woman hidden among sympathetic households has already escaped discovery once.
Then it happens again.
Someone is getting too close.
As Mercy Lovejoy tries to keep a vulnerable woman beyond the reach of accusation, every near discovery raises the same terrifying question: has someone betrayed the refuge network, or has the network itself become dangerously easy to follow?
Mercy's quiet magic cannot tell her who to trust. Neither can Rufus, Sable, and Thimble. Finding the truth will require patience, ordinary evidence, and a willingness to question the very methods meant to keep people safe.
While Massachusetts begins its slow retreat from the hysteria of 1692, Mercy must learn that secrecy and safety are not always the same thing. And beyond the fear, she and Josiah are beginning to imagine something neither of them has been able to count on for months.
A future.
The Last Hanging is Book Three of the Mercy Lovejoy series, a historical cozy fantasy mystery set against the real events of the Salem witch trials and their aftermath.
Genre: Fantasy