Buried Truths Series - Book Two

When seventeen-year-old Ethan Caldwell is discovered burned in a remote forest clearing near the small town of Jackson Ridge, Deputy Rachel Boone is thrust into a murder investigation that quickly becomes far larger than anyone imagined. What begins as the death of a popular high school student soon uncovers layers of secrets hidden beneath decades of loyalty, fear and deception.

As Rachel follows Ethan's final days, she learns he had been investigating a long-buried mystery known only as Bell Creek, a 1994 logging camp disaster involving powerful local families and a shadowy group called the Circle. Ethan had uncovered evidence suggesting that the official story surrounding a fatal crash, a deadly fire and the disappearance of key witnesses was built on lies. Before he could expose the truth, he was silenced.

The case becomes even more explosive when Caleb Ridge, a troubled teenager manipulated by years of grief and online radicalisation, carries out a school shooting that leaves students and teachers dead. As the town struggles to recover, investigators discover Caleb had been targeted by an anonymous online figure known as SouthWatch, who fed his resentment and exploited the unresolved disappearance of his older brother, Travis.

With the help of FBI agents Jack Sullivan and Becca Ortiz, Rachel uncovers a web connecting Ethan's murder, Travis's disappearance, political corruption, hidden records and a thirty-two-year cover-up rooted in Bell Creek. As old loyalties fracture and long-buried truths emerge, the investigation reveals that the original conspirators are no longer the greatest threat. Their children have inherited the secrets and, in some cases, become even more dangerous.

In a tense final confrontation at the ruins of Camp Four, the truth behind Bell Creek is finally exposed. Yet for Jackson Ridge, justice comes at a terrible price, proving that while secrets can survive for generations, eventually the truth demands to be heard.