In Arbordale, secrets don’t stay buried-and neither do the dead.Isla Reed thought Halloween would be all rubber ducks and corn mazes. Instead, she’s designing a haunted attraction at Fairbourne, the town’s storied mansion that hums with ghostly unrest.
When a body turns up and whispers of a long-forgotten drowning resurface, Isla must navigate spectral warnings, cryptic clues, and a community that’s mastered the art of forgetting. With her intuitive gifts, her late aunt’s ghostly guidance, and her cat Higgins at her side, Isla sets a trap in the maze’s shadowy heart. The sheriff may be skeptical, but he’s watching-and backing her play. Catching a killer means risking everything... including becoming the next ghost in Arbordale’s tale. A Drowning at the Maze is the third full-length novel in the Spotlight Sleuth Mysteries-a cozy series steeped in folklore, theatrical flair, and spectral suspense.