The Polaroid Murder

A page-turning and suspenseful small-town culinary cozy mystery

By: Vivian Keyes

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Small town. Big lies. And Polaroids that refuse to stay buried.

Kelsey Woods was just settling back into life in Carlyle Cove—color-coded checklists, café shifts with Aunt Clara, and no plans to play detective again. But when a scandal from the summer of ’88 resurfaces and a local troublemaker turns up dead, Kelsey’s instincts won’t let it go.

With help from retired PI Elinor Brooks and her sharp-nosed dachshund, Duke, Kelsey sets out to track down the four friends tied to the past. The case gets personal fast when she meets Barry, a 10-year-old runaway with ties to the case—and a missing mother who may be the key to it all.

Armed with a vintage Polaroid, a knack for unearthing the truth, and spreadsheets no criminal can outrun, Kelsey must find out if the killer is Ruthie—haunted by the victim’s threats—or Caleb Ashbury, a councilman with everything to lose if the truth comes out.

With Barry’s future at stake, Kelsey will have to solve the mystery before someone buries the past—and her investigation—forever.