Mary Alford here—and I have to admit, I’m a sucker for a good mountain town. As many of you know, most of my novels are set in the mountains. It’s my absolutely favorite place to visit because depending on when you go, there’s always something new to see!
For many years now, my husband and I
have visited Silverton, Colorado during each of our trips to the mountains. It’s
a postcard-perfect little place cradled high in the San Juan Mountains. Picture
colorful old buildings from the mining days, a single main street, and peaks
rising so close it feels like they’re leaning in to listen.
One afternoon, I was walking past a
row of historic buildings when I spotted a narrow, weathered alley between two
of them. The sunlight barely touched the ground back there, and for the
briefest moment I thought, this would be the perfect place to hide a clue—or
maybe a body. That’s the way my writer’s brain works. Most people see
quaint charm. I see charming… and just a little bit dangerous.
That’s the same feeling I get in
Montana’s Mission Mountains—majestic beauty layered over secrets you can almost
feel pressing against the edges of the light. And that’s where my suspense
series, Deadly Mountain Secrets,
takes root.
Because even in the mountains, some
secrets refuse to stay buried.
Leah Miller faced the past that nearly destroyed her to stop a killer haunting her childhood.
Dalton Cooper carries the weight of
betrayal and duty and is determined to find out the truth about what happened
to his brother, Harrison.
Harrison Tucker returned from exile to uncover the truth and protect the innocent—even if it costs him everything.
Eden survived a nightmare no child
should endure, and now she’s now fighting to find justice for the forgotten.
Each of these characters came alive
for me against the rugged backdrop of the Mission Mountains, or in Eden’s case,
the North Woods of Maine. Both are places where danger prowls in the timberline
and faith is the only light that remains.
Next Book Up: Where Truth Hides
You’ll meet Deputy Ethan Burke—quiet, observant, and loyal. Former military,
now serving with the St. Ignatius PD.
He was one of the first to the scene in Among the Innocent, but the case
that haunts him most is the disappearance of an Amish boy during his rookie
year. No body. No answers. Now, paired with a woman who has ties to the Amish
community, Ethan finds himself caught in a new string of cryptic threats—ones
that might finally reveal the truth he’s been chasing for years.
In this series, you’ll get to keep
in touch with old characters from past books and meet news ones as we go along
that I hope you will love.
I truly enjoy creating stories that
are firmly rooted in a place—because once you know the land, you can almost
hear the stories it wants to tell. And the Mission Mountains? They have plenty
to say.
So for a chance to win a copy of either
Among the Innocent, or Beside the Dead, tell me—
What’s the most unsettling thing you’ve ever stumbled across while traveling?
— Mary Alford
www.maryalford.net
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