The Cottage — Jo A. Hiestand

Former police detective Michael McLaren is at the home of his lady friend, Melanie. The house is sold, the removal van is booked.  All that is left is to help her pack her belongings for her move to his village. But the laborious task is interrupted when one of Melanie's neighbors asks McLaren to investigate the circumstances of her parents' murders.McLaren's reluctance to take it on and abandon Melanie appears to be solved when his best mate, Jamie, steps in to help with the packing.It's not the easy investigation McLaren was hoping for, however. Sightings of Mordred and a ghost, and a burglary at the local Tudor Hall complicate the murder inquiries.What had seemed to McLaren a perfect remedy with Jamie close at hand now disintegrates into a horrendous mistake. And McLaren questions if the investigation is really worth it, especially when he puts the people he cares about most in danger.