The Last Guest at Pinewood Lodge

<p>Detective Maya Chen never planned to spend Christmas Eve crawling up a snow-choked mountain road but a terrified 911 call changes everything. The Ashford family-wealthy powerful and deeply dysfunctional-has gathered at their private lodge for the holiday and the reading of the late Marcus Ashford's will.</p><p>But someone inside the house has already decided who deserves to live long enough to inherit.</p><p>When Maya arrives at Pinewood Lodge she finds:<br> • Surveillance photos scattered across a guest's bed.<br> • A brake line deliberately cut.<br> • A bedroom door lock tampered with.<br> • A threatening message promising judgment at midnight.</p><p>Outside the storm has locked everyone in. Inside a murderer is tightening the noose.</p><p>As Maya interviews each member of the Ashford clan buried secrets begin to surface-including a shocking codicil in the will revealing that one of Marcus's children isn't his. Someone knows the truth... and is willing to kill to keep it hidden.</p><p>Christmas Eve becomes a deadly countdown and Maya must untangle decades of deception before the clock strikes midnight.</p><p>A tense twist-packed holiday mystery perfect for readers who love inheritance drama locked-room suspense and a detective who sees what everyone else misses.</p><p><br> </p>