A Light Left Burning

A beloved bookshop. A small town full of secrets. A murder decades in the making.

When Clara Bennett inherits Inkwell & Ivy, the cozy bookstore at the heart of Thistlewood Falls, she hopes for the quiet life among books and familiar faces. Instead, and auction night ends in shock when wealthy developer Ronald Voss is found dead in her storage room.

With suspicious falling uncomfortable close to home, Clara begins searching for answers of her own. What starts as a simple investigation soon uncovers forgotten letters, long-buried betrayals, a vanished identity, and a tragedy that has haunted the town for nearly forty years.

As clues connect the past to the present, Clara discovers that some wounds never truly heal-and some secrets are powerful enough to destroy lives across generations.

Perfect for readers who love cozy mysteries, small-town secrets, emotional suspense, charming bookshop setting, and slow-burn romance.

A Light Left Burning is the first installment in the Inkwell & Ivy Mystery series where every mystery begins with a story wsuting to be told.