The Letters

Some secrets are buried for thirty years. Some are meant to be found. Some are not.

WhenSarah Whitaker, the acting postmaster of Maple Creek, North Carolina, volunteers to clear out an abandoned post office, she expects to find old mail and dusty memories. What she finds instead changes everything.

Hidden inside a crumbling wall: over two hundred letters. Each one names a person. Each one names a date. Each one names a cause of death. And every single death has already happened - ruled accidental, case closed, forgotten.
But one letter is different. The paper is bright white. The postmark is fresh. And the name written inside belongs to the most powerful man in town.

On July 18th, Thomas Grayson will die behind the old grain elevator at 10:14 p.m. Everyone will believe it was an accident.

July 18th is six days away.
As Sarah and Sheriff Daniel Mercer race to unravel three decades of buried crimes, they discover that someone has been watching - and that in Maple Creek, the most dangerous thing a person can do is start asking the right questions. The closer Sarah gets to the truth, the more she realizes that the letters were never just a record of the dead.

They were a message. And she was always meant to receive it.


The Letters is a propulsive small-town suspense thriller packed with hidden evidence, corrupt officials, and a shocking twist that reframes everything you thought you knew. Perfect for fans of mystery, suspense and thrillers.