When disaster-archive librarian Maribel Quince arrives in Coppervein, Nevada to catalog the records of a shuttered mining company, she expects dusty files and fading history. What she finds is a ghost town clinging to life, a community haunted by the mine closure that destroyed their livelihoods, and a retired miner named Earl Briggs who insists the official story doesn't add up. His forty years of handwritten notes tell a different tale than the company surveys -- one of tunnels that shouldn't exist and silver veins that were never truly exhausted.

But Earl's search for answers takes a deadly turn when he's found buried beneath a collapsed mine shaft. The sheriff calls it a tragic accident, but Maribel sees what others have missed: sabotaged support timbers, a staged cave-in, and a dying man's final message clutched in his hand. Someone in this town of forty-three souls is willing to kill to keep Coppervein's secrets buried, and Maribel -- with her loyal Leonberger Hector by her side -- may be next on their list.

From the sun-bleached streets of a forgotten Nevada town to the glittering darkness of hidden underground passages, Maribel must untangle a web of falsified records, bitter family feuds, and corporate fraud before the killer strikes again. In a place where everyone knows everyone's business, the most dangerous secrets are the ones hiding in plain sight.

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• Publication Date: January 2, 2026
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• Print Length: 127 Pages
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