Murder in Cascade

All Ellen Douglas wanted was a quiet autumn walk through Cascade Falls Park with her dog Louisa. What she found there is something she never wanted to see.

Recently retired from a long career as a federal labor investigator, Ellen thought small-town Indiana would be the gentle next chapter she'd been hoping for. Long mornings on the trail. Coffee at the corner diner. Quiet afternoons in the home she shares with the memory of her late husband.

But beneath the rust-colored leaves and the friendly waves of Cascade's tight-knit residents, something is hidden. Something that someone, somewhere, would rather stay buried.

Ellen has spent her whole career listening to her instincts, and her instincts are humming. The closer she looks, the more questions she finds. A name that doesn't quite fit. A story that doesn't quite hold. And the quiet certainty that someone in Cascade is hiding something.

Some secrets won't stay buried. And some retirees aren't quite ready to retire.

Welcome to Cascade. The first Ellen Douglas Mystery is just beginning.