When Pepper and Ian stumble across a body in a looted mausoleum, they're ready to roll up their sleeves and dig into the mystery. Except…poof! The body pulls a Houdini. One minute it’s there, and the next? Gone without so much as a “ta-da!”
Where did it go? Who was it? Was the guy even, you know, dead? And just who’s been treating the crypt like their personal treasure chest? Things only get weirder when the body reappears—and promptly vanishes again. Talk about playing hard to get.
But let’s not forget, this is Willow Lake, PA. Mysteries here never come solo. While Pepper’s trying to keep up with the disappearing corpse, her mom is diving headfirst into the mayor’s race, wielding more campaign drama than a reality TV show. Meanwhile, Pepper’s brother Josh seems to be navigating his own love triangle—will it be Kate from Yesterday’s Treasures or will his competition, Burke, win her hand? And speaking of family, Kelly, Pepper’s sister-in-law, is about to pop with baby number one, meaning chaos is just one contraction away.
And because this isn’t complicated enough, a motorcycle gang rolls into town, and their leader, Cougar, seems to have taken a…special interest in Pepper. Is he flirting or fishing for info? Either way, it’s hard to trust a guy named after a big cat.
With interest in the Willow crypt growing, bodies pulling disappearing acts, and trouble brewing faster than Willow Lake’s gossip, Pepper and Ian are in for a wild ride. Buckle up and come join the gang for another zany, laugh-out-loud mystery—because in Willow Lake, the only thing crazier than the cases are the people solving them.
It was her love of reading and daydreaming that started USA Today bestselling author Donna Fletcher’s writing career. Besides gobbling up books, her mom generously bought for her, she spent a good portion of her time lost in daydreams that took her on grand adventures. She met heroes and villains, and heroines that, while usually in danger, always found the strength and courage to prevail. She traveled all over the world and through time in her dreams. Some places and times fascinated her more than others and she would rush to the library (no Internet at that time) and read all she could about that particular period and place. After a while, she simply could not ignore all the adventures swirling around in her head, she had no choice but to bring them more vividly to life, and so she started writing.
Donna continues to daydream, characters popping in and out of her head wherever she goes and filling her with tales that keep her writing schedule on overload. You can learn more about her Pepper the Prepper Mystery Series at peppertheprepper.com.