What the Hollow Keeps: A Small-Town Mystery Thriller of Buried Secrets, Murder, and Long-Delayed Justice

Twelve years ago, Ethan Marsh lost his younger sister, Lily.Her death was ruled an accident, and the investigation was eventually closed. Ethan tried to move on, but he never truly believed the story he had been given.Then, twelve years later, something connected to Lily unexpectedly brings the case back into his life.Ethan returns to Blackwater Hollow, the town he left behind, and begins looking into the events surrounding his sister's death. What starts as a search for answers soon becomes a much larger investigation. Old witnesses begin talking. Forgotten records come to light. A suspicious connection to the powerful Ashworth family begins to emerge, along with evidence of corruption and a long history of people choosing silence over the truth.With the help of Mara Voss, Lily's former best friend, Ethan follows the trail through the town's past-questioning people who have spent years avoiding the subject, examining evidence that was overlooked, and uncovering secrets connected to the Ashworth timber mill.But the closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more dangerous the investigation becomes.People who were silent for twelve years suddenly have reasons to speak. Others have even stronger reasons to keep Ethan quiet. And when new evidence challenges everything the original investigation concluded, Ethan realizes that finding out who killed Lily is only part of the story.