Hide and Squeak (Gabby St. Claire Mysteries Book 1)
By Christy Barritt
Some stains don’t wash out. Neither do certain secrets.
Twenty years ago, Gabby St. Claire scrubbed crime scenes for a living—and had a habit of solving the murders behind them. Now she’s in her forties, with a crew to manage, a husband, three kids, and a fearless streak she’s pretty sure she misplaced somewhere in the last decade.
When Gabby brings her sixteen-year-old daughter to a crime-scene restoration job, she expects a quiet lesson in bleach and boundaries. Instead, they stumble upon a dead woman’s hidden journal—and come face-to-face with a gunman in a ski mask who wants it back.
The woman’s death may have been staged to look like an accident, and Gabby’s old investigative instincts are already stirring. When the gunman threatens her daughter, staying out of the case is no longer an option.
Now Gabby must unlock the secret hidden inside the journal and stop a killer before someone she loves becomes the next victim.
Apparently, her sense of humor isn’t the only thing from her old life making a comeback.
Some stains don’t wash out. Neither do certain secrets.
Twenty years ago, Gabby St. Claire scrubbed crime scenes for a living—and had a habit of solving the murders behind them. Now she’s in her forties, with a crew to manage, a husband, three kids, and a fearless streak she’s pretty sure she misplaced somewhere in the last decade.
When Gabby brings her sixteen-year-old daughter to a crime-scene restoration job, she expects a quiet lesson in bleach and boundaries. Instead, they stumble upon a dead woman’s hidden journal—and come face-to-face with a gunman in a ski mask who wants it back.
The woman’s death may have been staged to look like an accident, and Gabby’s old investigative instincts are already stirring. When the gunman threatens her daughter, staying out of the case is no longer an option.
Now Gabby must unlock the secret hidden inside the journal and stop a killer before someone she loves becomes the next victim.
Apparently, her sense of humor isn’t the only thing from her old life making a comeback.