Shuntoll Road

When Boston library curator Kathryn Stinson returns to the Berkshires, she hopes to rekindle her romance with Earl Barker. But instead of peace, she finds conflict: a New York developer wants to transform the property she's been renting into a luxury housing project, and Earl has agreed to clear the site.

Tensions grow after a fire sweeps through the woods and a charred body is found among the ashes. Was it an accident, arson, or something more sinister? As Kathryn digs deeper, her search leads to troubling connections between the developer and a close friend who fled New York years ago.

What Kathryn uncovers could endanger her life. The more she learns, the clearer it becomes: someone is willing to kill to keep the past buried.

An atmospheric mystery set in rural New England, SHUNTOLL ROAD is the second book in the Berkshire Hilltown Mysteries series by Leslie Wheeler.