Murder Adjacent #5: Point of Origin: A Bellwether County Murder Mystery
Dec 2026 · Murder Adjacent Book 5 · RP Books
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Quirky Sleuths. Big Murders. Very Bad Alibis. County fire investigator Cal Rourke trusts burn patterns more than people, which is useful when a widely hated developer dies inside a historic Briarfall barn scheduled to make way for a controversial resort expansion. The fire looks electrical. Cal's cousin had publicly threatened the victim. Half the county would prefer the whole thing declared an accident before the next planning vote. Cal has a different problem. The point of origin is too clean. Someone knew enough about fire to make faulty wiring look guilty, but not enough to understand what ventilation, soot, heat, and an opened door would reveal afterward. With his daughter visiting, his own family tangled in the suspect list, and retired arson investigator Arlo Danner appreciating the killer's technique far too enthusiastically, Cal has to read what the fire was forced to say. People can rehearse an alibi. Fire cannot.
Quirky Sleuths. Big Murders. Very Bad Alibis. County fire investigator Cal Rourke trusts burn patterns more than people, which is useful when a widely hated developer dies inside a historic Briarfall barn scheduled to make way for a controversial resort expansion. The fire looks electrical. Cal's...
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Kit Hollis is a mystery-fiction pen name of bestselling author Robert Stanek, created for the Murder Adjacent mysteries and other humorous mystery fiction for adult readers. The Murder Adjacent books are set in one unforgettable county where secrets travel fast, trouble rarely arrives alone, and murder has a bad habit of landing near the wrong people. Robert Stanek’s broader body of work spans fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, fantasy, thrillers, historical fiction, literary works, and young-reader series published under several author names.
Kit Hollis is a mystery-fiction pen name of bestselling author Robert Stanek, created for the Murder Adjacent mysteries and other humorous mystery fiction for adult readers. The Murder Adjacent books are set in one unforgettable county where secrets travel fast, trouble rarely arrives alone, and ...
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