Death Beneath the Liberty Canvas

At Liberty Lantern Campground, history is supposed to be carefully preserved—not rewritten.

Campground manager Nora Bellamy is preparing for a Fourth of July weekend filled with lantern walks, Revolutionary-era reenactments, fireworks, and families eager to step into the past. But the celebration turns deadly when historian Josiah Mercer is found murdered inside the Liberty Canvas Tent.

The campground's security camera went dark for forty-one minutes. A heavy iron mallet has been cleaned and returned to the wrong place. A brass button has vanished from a prominent family display. And Josiah's rain-damaged journal contains cryptic notes about hidden records, a false attribution, and someone determined to prevent a disruption.

As Nora and Detective Kendra Erin follow the clues through storm-soaked tents, locked archives, theater backdrops, and decades of carefully protected family history, they uncover a truth someone was willing to kill to keep buried.

With the campground's pageant approaching and fireworks waiting over the meadow, Nora must determine who crossed the line between preserving the past and possessing it.

Death Beneath the Liberty Canvas is a warm, atmospheric cozy mystery featuring an observant campground manager, loyal friends, mischievous dogs, historical secrets, and a murder hidden beneath the bunting.