The Witch's Orchard: A Novel [Hardcover]

A Shamus Award Finalist for Best First P.I. Novel
An InstantUSA TodayBestseller

A ninth-generation Appalachian, Archer Sullivan brings the mountains of North Carolina to life inThe Witchs Orchard, a wonderfully atmospheric novel that introduces private investigator Annie Gore.

Former Air Force special investigator Annie Gore joined the military right after high school to escape the fraught homelife of her childhood. Now, shes getting by as a private investigator, and her latest case takes her to an Appalachian holler not unlike the one where she grew up.

Ten years ago, three little girls went missing from their tiny mountain town. While one was returned, the others were never seen again. After all this time without answers, the brother of one of the girls wants to hire an outsider, and he wants Annie. While she may not be from his town, she gets mountain towns. Mountain people. Driving back into the hills for a case this oldit might be a fools errand. But Annie needs to put money in the bank and she cant turn down a case. Not even one that dredges up her own painful past.

In the shadow of the Blue Ridge, Annie begins to track down the truth, navigating a decades worth of secrets, folklore of witches and crows, and a whole town that prefers to forget. But while the case may have been forgotten, echoes of the past linger. And Annies arrival stirs someone into action.

Praise forThe Witch's Orchard

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