Sep 22, 2025
Riddles? Hidden treasure? Secrets? Sounds like things are causing chills in Marlin County! Listen in to see what fearsome things Rae Riley will face in JPC Allen's latest mystery!
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I just love Allen's world in Marlin County, Ohio, and seeing her back with this new book is the highlight of my autumn. I mean, how much more Octobery can you get than a book with "Riddle" and "lonesome October" in it? Anne Shirley (if she'd been a mystery buff, anyway) would totally approve.
A Riddle in the Lonesome October by JPC Allen
How do you survive a season of fear?
October is a hard month for Rae Riley's family. Her dad, Sheriff
Walter "Mal" Malinowski lost his wife and father then. He also has
to manage the trouble Halloween brings to rural Marlin County,
Ohio. But this year, Rae's uncle fights for his life after a riding
accident, and a family feud over a lost inheritance erupts at a
local Halloween attraction. As Rae tries to support her family, she
and her cousin Amber work to unravel the 70-year-old riddle that
will reveal the location of the inheritance so their great aunt
Lily and her kids can gain a fortune. And Rae must deal with the
secretive behavior of the deputy she’s fallen for.
When a bogus medium conducts a séance to contact Cyrus Morley, the
man who devised the riddle, the results stun everyone, and the
aftermath is even more shocking. There's only one way to survive a
season of so much fear--and only one way to unmask a
killer.
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