<p>Tilly Lafleur's father vanished without a trace.</p><p>She isn't buying it.</p><p></p><p>When his canoe is found battered below Echo Lake Falls the town of Balsam Bay quickly calls it a tragic accident.</p><p></p><p>But Tilly spent twenty years in search and rescue and she knows when something doesn't add up.</p><p></p><p>Returning to her Manitoba hometown on the Canadian Shield Tilly finds more than old memories waiting for her. A sudden death at the summer fair whispers about the abandoned gold mine and a community divided over its future all point to one thing:</p><p></p><p>Someone in town has a lot to lose if the truth comes out.</p><p></p><p>With the help of her sharp-eyed daughter Callie a watchful dog named Des and a few trusted friends Tilly begins piecing together the mystery-one clue at a time.</p><p></p><p>But the closer she gets to the truth the clearer it becomes:</p><p></p><p>Some secrets are tangled deep in the heart of the town.</p><p></p><p>Death at Balsam Bay is the first book in the Tilly Lafleur Mysteries-a small-town cozy mystery with real suspense buried secrets and twists that keep you turning pages.</p>