An Ava Logan Mystery

Ava Logan, single mother and small business owner, lives deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, where poverty and pride reign. As publisher of the town newspaper, she's busy balancing election season stories and a rash of ginseng thieves. That's when then the story gets personal. After her friend is murdered, Ava digs for the truth all the while juggling her two teenage children, her friend's orphaned toddler, and her own muddied past.

In the heart of Appalachia, newspaper publisher Ava Logan should feel joy and pride as she watches her 13-year-old daughter being baptized in the cold water of Jackson Creek - but she can't rejoice when thoughts of an employee who failed to show up for work keep pulling her attention away. Ava's convinced something horrible has happened to Scott. Then his backpack is found floating in the same river her daughter is being baptized in.

When long-buried human remains are found at an old deserted mill in Jackson Creek, North Carolina, newspaper publisher Ava Logan uncovers more than a cold case. With a bullet still lodged in the skull, the only certainty is the victim died a violent death. As Sheriff Grayson Ridge and an anthropologist work to identify the remains, Ava sets out to discover where love, betrayal, and family ties entwine. Determined to uncover the identity of the victim, Ava unwittingly sets off a chain reaction of consequences no one in Jackson Creek is prepared for.