Bird Box Widow

<p>Celia Brandt thought she'd left heartbreak behind when her husband died-until a chance find at the annual Village Fête plunges her back into mystery. Inside a set of antique bird boxes she's commissioned for her fledgling woodworking business Celia discovers cryptic notes and carved symbols hinting at the disappearance of a young girl decades earlier. As she follows clue by clue-from whispered warnings in the grain to a reclusive sculptor's hidden secret-Celia must confront her own grief and the town's buried past. With every splinter she uncovers the stakes grow more dangerous culminating beneath the old vineyard vines in a storm of revelation. In the end Celia not only unearths the truth of the missing child but piece by piece rebuilds her own sense of hope and belonging.</p>