When true-crime ghostwriter Leo Finch inherits his eccentric aunt's Victorian home in small-town Michigan, he expects a quiet trip to pack up her books. Instead, he finds a cryptic letter, an ornate key, and a typed accusation: *Elara Finch was murdered.*
Plunged into a seventy-year-old mystery involving a deadly fire, a lost friendship, and a town full of suspects, Leo must uncover the truth before the secret killer silences him too. A witty, heartfelt mystery about family, forgiveness, and the lies we bury.