Hawkins Cove, Tennessee, 1948.

A once-promising lawyer turned out by small-town politics, Cassandra Cheshire wants nothing more than to fade into the background. But Hawkins Cove never forgets—or forgives—and trouble has a way of finding her.

When an old neighbor dies suddenly, his beautiful young widow doesn’t waste time moving on. The sheriff shrugs. The district attorney looks the other way. But Cassandra sees the truth nobody else wants to face: men are dying, and charm is the cover for something far deadlier.

As the body count grows, so does the town’s silence. Every question Cassandra asks paints a bigger target on her back. Because in Hawkins Cove, secrets don’t just stay buried—they kill.

A Quiet Death is a dark, slow-burning Southern gothic crime novel about pride, power, and the cost of refusing to keep quiet.