For Duck's Sake: A Meg Langslow Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries Book 37)

Meg Langslow supervises construction of a duck pond in her brother Rob's backyard when bulldozers uncover a skeleton with a bullet hole in its skull. Chief Burke begins searching police records for missing persons, and Meg offers to help by researching in the library and interviewing longtime residents. Meg's investigation becomes more urgent when Iris Rafferty, who sold the house to Rob and his wife Delaney and still lives in their mother-in-law suite, disappears the morning after the body is discovered. The circumstances of her disappearance remain unclear—whether voluntary, kidnapping, or something else. Prowlers are spotted lurking around the half-finished pond at night, raising questions about their intentions toward the missing woman or the dogs scheduled to participate in Caerphilly's first Mutt March, happening nearby at Meg's own house.