What the Ashes Knew

That sleepy town of Darrin is ruled by gossip; everyone has a mouth, and Delma Hargrove has most of them. Over the years, Delma has kept a hold of the town from her seat at Mae’s Café, fashioning reputations with her quiet gossip. The foundations of the past tremble as soon as the posthumous heir of a disgraced father comes calling when Callum Price crosses into town. Delma long suspected Arlo, Callum’s father, of deliberately burning down a house that took away the life of a woman and her child, which got him into jail and prison. But what if the story that Delma told didn’t happen? Out of nowhere, inexplicable disturbances – far-off footsteps, a lingering smoke smell, and a soft melody of a child’s lullaby – force Delma to deal with a lie that “What the Ashes Knew” is a suspenseful, thought-out narrative about small-town hatred, continued mourning and the power of a forgotten lie.