Kate Starling Mysteries

In the early 1990s in Branson, Missouri, investigative reporter, Kate Starling, covers the murder of local businessman, Bill Pantell. Combatting the authorities, who want to quickly, close the case, Kate is determined to solve it. When her father is, accused of murder, Kate doubles her efforts to exonerate him. She believes that the key to identifying the murderer is, hidden in Pantell's past. But, there are those who will do anything to keep the past in the past. How much is she willing to risk, to save her father?

When an unidentified skeleton is, found at the vacant lot by the lake in Branson, Kate is already on an assignment, interviewing the founder of the local arts and crafts fair, Etta Stupholds. The more she learns about Etta, though, the more clues she finds leading her back to the case. As if that doesn't annoy her enough, the Branson police department, including her on again/off again boyfriend, Detective Tom Collingwood, blocks each of her attempts to get more information about the investigation. There's more to small-town Branson than it seems, and it's up to Kate to make the connections.