Paperback, 240 pages
English language
Published Feb. 28, 2022 by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard.
The second book in the Shady Hollow series, in which some long-buried secrets come to light, throwing suspicion on a beloved local denizen.
It's autumn in Shady Hollow, and residents are looking forward to harvest feasts. But then a rabbit discovers a grisly crop: the bones of a moose.
Soon, the owner of Joe's Mug is dragged out of the coffeeshop and questioned by the police about the night his wife walked out of his life - and Shady Hollow - forever. It seems like an open-and-shut case, but dogged reporter Vera Vixen doesn't believe gentle Joe is a killer. She'll do anything to prove his innocence - even if it means digging into secrets her neighbors would rather leave buried.
Maintains the sweet n’ cozy charm of the first Shady Hollow book, but lacks a bit in the mystery’s construction with an obvious framework/culprit. Vera must have the luck of the gods on her side with how she keeps stumbling on clue after clue.
