Detective Mikail Buden is the best detective in the history of Morton, there was no case gone through him without being solved. The town of Morton had been a site of numerous mysteries and secrets that had yet to be unlocked about the towns mysterious past. Nobody knows who found the city of Morton. some say that the city was created by the devil himself, to store the destructions and chaos of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Now the heir to the Aldrich family fortune had gone missing, the disappearance of Joshua Aldrich had gone unnoticed for several days, until the house maid of the family had notice the vacancy of the family Manor. In Joshua Aldrich's room was an arrow above his fireplace, the window had been broken too. There was a note tied to the arrow above his fireplace, on the note was a message in which not even the bect scribe of the town can decode.
Mikail Buden was put on the case to find out was had happened to the heir. To find that out, Mikail had to dig deeper into the town's history, how the town just suddenly appear out of nowhere. Mikail had to search for the missing heir, and unlock the secrets of the town of Morton along the way, alongside his mistress, Alice Hington.
[Part of the Morton Series]
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.