Mara Whitmore came home to Alderfield to run her family’s historic inn—not to solve a murder.

But Mara is a witch, and some objects remember more than people do.

Hours after respected civic leader Judith Prescott leaves Hawthorn House, she is found dead. Then Mara accidentally touches the dark green folio Judith left behind.

The echo hits hard: cold air, damp wool, paper pulled sharply against leather, a surge of panic—and a single word.

Tomorrow.

Mara’s gift doesn’t give her names, dates, or explanations. The fragments are real. What they mean is another matter entirely.

And the Alderfield Mara returned to after thirteen years away is not the town she remembers. Judith’s death exposes family resentment, an old professional grievance, hidden civic tensions—and more than one person with something to lose.

At first, the echo seems to point Mara in one convincing direction.

But the echo isn’t wrong.

Mara is.

With Detective Sergeant Daniel Hart following the evidence, Mara must separate what she sensed from what she assumed before a false interpretation hides the truth about Judith’s murder.

Because echoes don’t lie. They just don’t tell the whole story.

Murder Leaves an Echo is the first book in The Alderfield Witch Mysteries, a small-town paranormal cozy mystery series with a historic Vermont inn, a touch of slow-burn romance, a tuxedo cat, and a complete murder mystery in every book.