Whispers of Kith and Kin

A cozy mystery with an edge—somewhere between cookies and carnage.

After witnessing a brutal cartel execution, real estate appraiser Elizabeth James is forced to disappear into the Witness Security Program. With a new name, Lily Jordan, and a new life in the sleepy community of Cowherd, Mississippi, she hopes to finally leave the past behind. But in a town where everyone knows everyone’s business, secrets are a dangerous currency.

When her neighbor, a despised gossip columnist, is elaborately murdered, Lily—the mysterious newcomer—becomes the sheriff’s number one suspect. Surrounded by suspicion, her only hope is to team up with a brilliant, ten-year-old amateur detective to unravel a crime that implicates half the town.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Marshal assigned to protect her is growing suspicious himself. He knows Lily is hiding more than just her name—and he’s determined to uncover the truth.

In a town built on generational fear and long-held grudges, Lily learns that the whispers of kith and kin can be the deadliest of all.