A Cache of Deceit: A Cozy Mystery of Stitched Clues and Silent Warnings
By Alsie Hunter
A stitched map. A double trail. And a race against someone who’s always one step ahead.
When a cryptic letter and an inheritance notice bring pilot Jack Holt back to Maplewood Hollow after his great-aunt Edna’s death, he expects a keepsake—maybe a quilt, maybe a box of memories.
What he finds is a coded trail, a warning not to go it alone, and a treasure someone else is already chasing.
Joining forces with Magda Lane, antique expert and puzzle-savant, Jack follows Edna’s final mystery, one clue at a time: orchard roots, tampered compasses, invisible ink, and faces scratched from photos.
But they’re not the only ones on the trail.
Russell Corwin an archivist with too many answers.
A silk-scarfed stranger with far too much interest in Edna’s stitching.
Every clue tightens the thread. Every step pulls them deeper toward the truth, or toward whoever’s trying to twist it.
Because if Jack fails, Edna’s secret treasure might disappear for good.
A stitched map. A double trail. And a race against someone who’s always one step ahead.
When a cryptic letter and an inheritance notice bring pilot Jack Holt back to Maplewood Hollow after his great-aunt Edna’s death, he expects a keepsake—maybe a quilt, maybe a box of memories.
What he finds is a coded trail, a warning not to go it alone, and a treasure someone else is already chasing.
Joining forces with Magda Lane, antique expert and puzzle-savant, Jack follows Edna’s final mystery, one clue at a time: orchard roots, tampered compasses, invisible ink, and faces scratched from photos.
But they’re not the only ones on the trail.
Russell Corwin an archivist with too many answers.
A silk-scarfed stranger with far too much interest in Edna’s stitching.
Every clue tightens the thread. Every step pulls them deeper toward the truth, or toward whoever’s trying to twist it.
Because if Jack fails, Edna’s secret treasure might disappear for good.