One Foot in the Grave — Denise Grover Swank

The third book in the USA Today bestselling series Carly Moore series by Denise Grover Swank.The dead can't speakAfter months of living in the Smoky Mountains town of Drum, Tennessee, Carly knows firsthand the financial hardship the citizens face. Still, she can't muster the same excitement as everyone else when town patriarch Bart Drummond breaks ground on his new resort that promises more jobs and money.But the project comes to a screeching halt when the construction crew unearths a grisly discovery—an unmarked grave. The discovery threatens Carly's ex-boyfriend, when the authorities learn the body belongs to his old girlfriend who had supposedly left town...and Wyatt is suspect number one.Carly's sure Wyatt's innocent, even if the rest of the town, and more importantly, the sheriff's department, is ready to lock him up. Carly has moved on from Wyatt, but now he's asking for her help to clear his name. In exchange, he'll tell her what he knows about his father. Information that will help her bring Bart down.But danger lurks around every corner, and as Carly puts her life on the line to help the man who betrayed her, she begins to question everything and everyone around her...especially Wyatt Drummond.