The Murder of Amos Dunn

<p><strong>In Morgan South Carolina murder isn't supposed to happen.</strong></p><p></p><p>When small-town shopkeeper Amos Dunn is found dead in his convenience store local police chalk it up to a robbery gone wrong. The headlines are brief the public shrugs and the town of Morgan slips back into the comforting quiet it knows so well.</p><p>But Tillie James knows better.</p><p>The sharp-eyed housekeeper for Professor Sidney Lake refuses to believe the official story. Something about the crime feels off-very off-and she's determined to prove it. With Tillie's persistence Sidney and his trusted friend Hattie Ryan are drawn into a mystery the town would rather ignore. Together with a newly hired Black police officer and a young assistant county coroner fresh to the Lowcountry they form an unlikely alliance intent on uncovering the truth.</p><p>What they find will rip through the gentle rhythms of a community where churches anchor the week Wednesday night suppers fill fellowship halls and the belief that big-city problems don't happen here runs deep.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Murder of Amos Dunn</strong> is a gripping Southern mystery about hidden histories shifting loyalties and the cost of truth in a town built on the illusion of peace.</p>