A Merciful Fate (Mercy Kilpatrick Book 5)

Mercy Kilpatrick, an FBI agent raised by preppers, maintains a secret getaway in the Cascade Foothills as her safe place. When skeletal remains are discovered near her property—those of a man connected to a notorious heist from thirty years prior—Mercy learns she is not alone in harboring secrets. Three decades earlier, an armored-car robbery turned deadly. The mastermind was apprehended, but four conspirators disappeared with the stolen fortune. One of them apparently died in the woods. As Mercy and her fiancé, Police Chief Truman Daly, investigate, they uncover old tensions within their close-knit community of Eagle's Nest. A tabloid reporter's involvement further complicates matters. Mercy must identify which community member is concealing their true identity and determine who among those still affected by the heist—whether traumatized or threatened—might kill to protect thirty-year-old secrets. She races to unmask the killer before more deaths occur.