In the Beautiful Dark

A woman investigates a friends long-ago murder in a haunting and hopeful novel about the weight of secrets and regrets by the bestselling author of The Wild Road Home and A Light in the Forest. At Sunny Pines Retirement Community, where the Sixty-Two and Better! share their golden years, secrets abound. Some scandalous, some haunting, and some dangerous. For Birdie Allen, a retired business owner and grandmother, her secret is the only thing shes got left. Getting old isnt the hardest part about life. Its the memories from more than fifty years ago of the death of her unrequited love. And Birdies abandoned quest to root out the killer. With retirement comes a lot of time to revisit old ghosts, so when Birdie ties together a string of recent murders, and a woman disappears, shes drawn into the same chase she gave up decades earlier. But this time she has the help of an eccentric community of eager new friends. And theyre not alone. Restless souls are watching, including Birdies lost love, and they sense the danger that lies ahead. Theyre not leaving Birdies side until she finishes what she set out to do. But will Birdies pursuit of a killer finally free her of regrets and allow her to embrace the beauty of the life shes created?