About the book

Hazel Sharp returns to Mirror Lake after her father, a long-serving local detective, passes away. Her homecoming coincides with a severe drought that causes the town’s reservoir to recede, exposing physical evidence linked to cold cases from decades prior. When a car containing human remains is discovered in the drying lakebed, Hazel begins investigating her family’s history and her father’s professional legacy. She uncovers specific discrepancies in old police records that suggest the authorities intentionally ignored connections between missing persons and the town’s founding families.

This mystery suits readers interested in small-town procedurals and stories about the structural secrets kept by local law enforcement. It appeals to those who enjoy tracking technical clues like geological changes and archival documentation to solve a puzzle. The reader finishes the book with an understanding of how environmental shifts can disrupt long-standing social hierarchies and force a community to confront documented truths that were previously suppressed by those in power.

Reading profile

Practical and escapist; an easy read.

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