Neighbor Who Knew Too Much

The first person to tell Hannah Bell that Maple Court has no secrets is the woman who seems to know all of them.Newly divorced and starting over in a picture-perfect Vermont cul-de-sac, Hannah wants a quiet house and a clean beginning. Instead, her elderly neighbor Evelyn delivers a flashlight, a plate of cookies, and an unsettling warning: if Hannah finds anything strange in her new home, she must not give it to the homeowners' association president.Then Evelyn vanishes.The police find her abandoned car near a forest trail. The association insists she left voluntarily. But a broken planter, a hidden key, and a letter concealed inside Hannah's wall point to another missing woman, and years of carefully protected fraud.With the help of a widowed paramedic and his observant daughter, Hannah follows Evelyn's trail through empty houses, false accounts, and a neighborhood where every porch light hides a private fear. Someone on Maple Court is watching her. Someone has already entered her home. And the neighbor who knew too much may be running out of time.The Neighbor Who Knew Too Much is a fast, atmospheric mystery novella combining an amateur sleuth, domestic suspense, found community, and a satisfying non-graphic resolution. Book one of the Maple Court Mysteries.