"A powerful, intense, whammy of a debut!" — Goodreads ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "An absolute gem!" — Netgalley ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "Desperately needed!" — St. Albert Gazette ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ — In this original mystery, diner owner Mabel Davison cheerfully serves coffee and pie while single-handedly raising her two young boys in the sleepy mountain town of Blue River. Her quiet routine gets rocked when a teen girl, who had passed through the diner, is murdered and her body dumped at a local sawmill. Sheriff Dan Gibson looks no further than the teen's black boyfriend, Winston Washington, a known drug dealer. Mabel fears Dan's only trying to keep the peace in a town rife with racism, and her big heart won't let that stand. He warns her to stop digging, too afraid to catch the attention of a local drug lord who rules this land with an iron hand. But as Mabel's unlikely investigation draws sinister interest from the gang, the killer gets closer too. — Get this atmospheric historical mystery set in the 1980s with a gripping twist "FANTASTIC... easy to-get-lost-in mystery series!" — Goodreads.