A town built on second chances is about to uncover a first-class deception. Evelyn “Evie” Clarke returns to Silver Ridge, Maine to restore her grandparents’ Victorian home—and perhaps herself—after years away. A book-loving genealogist with a talent for unearthing the past, Evie expected quiet days in the library, not crime scenes and coverups. But when a box of misfiled police documents lands in her lap, Evie stumbles onto secrets tied to the town’s beloved mayor, Reginald Hastings—presumed dead after a boating accident two years ago. With her clever Border Collie, Casey, and the sharp-tongued town gossip, Mabel Jennings, sniffing out clues, Evie dives into a mystery that may upend everything Silver Ridge believes. Two suspicious suspects rise to the surface: Kyle Hastings, Reggie’s charming nephew with everything to gain, and Fiona Carrington, the jilted ex-fiancée who might know more than she’s saying. But the deeper Evie digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. If Reggie is alive… someone has a deadly reason to keep him missing. And Evie might be next.
