Publisher's Synopsis
Charlotte Evers enters a used bookstore in Harding, Idaho, and assigns a threat-level to the old clerk behind the counter-ninety percent harmless, ten percent a threat. Charlotte needs to unload a small fortune in antique books for quick cash, and she's prepared a lie in order to keep her secrets.
The town is Charlotte's final stop before she can escape her troubled past, but the encounter escalates into a high-speed chase. With the police involved, Charlotte needs to quickly leave Harding behind, but that requires forming risky alliances. Soon, the bookstore clerk, the police chief, and a local teen are involved. They're determined to discover Charlotte's real identity and her connection to a missing persons case. The sooner Harding returns to normal, the sooner they can go back to avoiding each other. Trouble is, in a small town where mistrust is the norm, Charlotte isn't the only one with secrets.
Harding Proper is the recipient of the 2022 Gold Quill Award from the League of Utah Writers.
"The colorful characters and taut pacing kept me turning pages late into the night." -E.B. Wheeler, author of Born to Treason.
"Lies, deceit, and small-town police work. This book is a suspenseful page-tuner that will have you questioning whose side you are on." -McKel Jensen, contributing author to Soul, Sand & Sky and In Spite of the Dark.
