Donohue, M: Hidden Sins

Trust no one, suspect everyone. In the charming town of Cedarwood, where everyone knows your name, PI Marti Wells is about to uncover a darkness that threatens to shatter its picturesque facade. Hired by a grieving widow to investigate her husband's puzzling behavior before his untimely death, Marti finds herself entangled in a web of lies, betrayal, and long-buried secrets. As she digs deeper, she realizes the quaint community harbors a sinister underbelly - one that powerful forces will do anything to keep hidden. With an uncanny intuition and a stubborn streak a mile wide, Marti has carved out a career piecing together the fragments others overlook. And in Cedarwood, those fragments are about to form a deadly puzzle. With each clue, the danger mounts. A mysterious attacker. A missing notebook. A string of suspicious deaths. What connects them all? As Marti races to unravel the truth, she becomes the target of a relentless killer who will stop at nothing to keep the past buried. Can she expose the town's hidden sins before she becomes the next victim?