Silence Says the Most: An Olivia Penn Mystery

By Kathleen Bailey

Genres: Cosy Mystery

A dead body is found floating in a local lake. A child's drawing places her at the crime scene. The shocking connection lands her in deep water.

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Advice columnist Olivia Penn’s cozy hometown of Apple Station, Virginia, is preparing for its annual fall festival and Halloween parade. Pumpkins, witches, and ghosts decorate the town as the leaves are changing colors and the crisp autumn air makes for perfect sweater weather. With the hint of a new romance in Olivia’s life, the spooky season seems anything but—until a lakeside picnic with a friend catches her in the wrong place at the wrong time.

After a dead body is discovered amid an algae bloom under mysterious circumstances, tensions between an organic farm and a country club reveal multiple motives for murder. While the suspects point fingers at each other, the only reliable witness is a neurodivergent child who doesn’t speak.

When Olivia investigates why the child has linked her to the murder, she discovers that the key to solving the crime has been hiding in plain sight. As she races to collect the crucial evidence, an unexpected encounter and revelation forces her to improvise a risky plan to thwart the murderer’s scheme. With time running out, justice—and her life—depend on quick thinking and a leap of faith.

Can Olivia unmask the killer before the evidence vanishes? Or will she become the next victim and be silenced forever?

Silence Says the Most is the second book in the award-winning The Olivia Penn Mystery Series. Silence Says the Most is a small-town, heartwarming, humorous mystery, featuring charming characters and a fast-paced, twisty plot. Action-packed and full of suspense, grab a cuppa and settle in for this clean cozy mystery thriller—where nothing is as it seems.