Death at the Halloween Vigil (Ashford Creek Mystery Book 4)

She left detective work behind. But murder has a way of finding her.

Eliza Prescott runs a cozy bookshop in Ashford Creek, Massachusetts—far from the cases that drove her out of Portland PD. She has her books, her retired K-9 partner Bruno, and the quiet life she’s always wanted.

Until a psychic is murdered during a Halloween séance.

Thirty seconds of darkness in the town cemetery. One blow with an antique compass. And a killer who disappeared into the crowd of witnesses. When Sheriff Wade Colton starts investigating, Eliza tries to stay uninvolved. But old instincts die hard—especially when she notices details everyone else is missing.

Then a second body turns up at the Heritage Museum, killed with the matching compass. Same precision. Same cold calculation. And everyone’s pointing fingers at a suspicious genealogist who’s been surveilling the entire town.

Eliza can’t walk away now. With Bruno at her side and the Henderson sisters’ gossip network keeping her informed, she digs into a seventy-year-old secret: a pirate’s buried treasure, a woman driven from town, and a pattern of violence that’s never stopped.

In Ashford Creek, everyone has secrets. But some are worth killing for.

A complete standalone cozy mystery—perfect for a satisfying 2-hour read. No cliffhangers, just pure puzzle-solving fun.