Murders at Pearl Springs — Vincent J. Sachar

Murder, Mystery, Betrayal! From predator to prey. Murder seems to follow Detective Heather Lance. At 24-years-old, Heather is the youngest and the first female detective on the Corona Police Department. She has already endured her share of gender bias. Now, she is the victim of an unwanted divorce that ends her four-year-marriage. In an effort to escape from the hurt she has just endured, Heather drives away from the courthouse and heads to a remote camping ground where she will spend some time alone. On the first morning of her stay, a young woman is found dead along the shores of a lake in the very campground where Heather is staying. The murder will be the first of a series that paralyzes the community. The local sheriff's department solicits her assistance and Heather soon finds herself immersed in a major investigation as the death toll mounts and the number of suspects increases.

Surrounded by the inhabitants of a quaint mountain village named Pearl Springs and an isolated school for delinquent boys, Heather finds herself battling, unsure of whom she can trust. The stakes greatly increase when Heather finds that her own life is in danger.

With a series of twists and turns that keep the reader guessing who is behind these killings, this classic "who-done-it" will have you glued to the pages as the mystery unfolds.

Heather Lance had come to the Wandering Nymph Campground seeking healing from a shattered heart. Now she is striving to keep that heart beating.