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The arrival of a celebrity athlete on a remote peninsula in New York's Thousand Islands unearths dark and deadly buried secrets in this heart-pounding blend of suspense and mystery, the first in the new North Country series--Agatha Christie meets Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley It's almost summer in Cape Vincent, and ex-professional ice hockey superstar Mikko Helle arrives, ready to move into his extravagantly renovated waterfront home. Mikko is thirty, handsome, and wealthy. He's a stranger in town. There's no reason to suspect Mikko is anything other than he seems. Local married mother-of-two Nicole Durham works her connections hard to get hired as his cleaner. She needs this job--and not just because of the money. Nicole is desperate to expose a secret, and she's running out of time. But when Nicole disturbs an intruder while cleaning, New York State Police Investigator Tim Wellington discovers that the luxury mansion is hiding its own unthinkable truth. Deep in the basement lie the bones of a young woman, identity unknown. The celebrity athlete. The local. The thief. Everyone is hiding something--but someone in the North Country's a killer, and one of the three knows exactly who it is.

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Tessa Wegert is the critically acclaimed author of the Shana Merchant mysteries, as well as the North Country series. Her books have received numerous starred reviews and have been featured on PBS and NPR Radio. A former journalist and copywriter, Tessa grew up in Quebec and now lives with her husband and children in Connecticut. Callie Beaulieu has been an actress for several decades. Classically trained, she is predominantly a theater actress, and her work has been seen around the country. Callie recently returned to the States after spending nearly a decade living in the Caribbean. She is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Danny Montooth is a voice actor, narrator, and puppeteer based in Los Angeles. Best known for his work on bestsellers Crescent City (as Hunt Athalar) and The Teacher by Freida McFadden, he has performed over sixty audiobooks, and is forever excited to tell new stories. He works mostly in romance and romantasy, but loves all genres (particularly fantasy and sci-fi!). He's also worked in eLearning, animation, and industrials. He's a giant nerd, loves TTRPGs, and has a collection of over 100 board games. As a puppeteer, he's worked for Danny Elfman, Ashnikko, AJR, The Walt Disney Company, and recently starred as the Lead Puppeteer in the all-puppet horror film Abruptio.

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