Family Secrets

Clean Sweep Cozy Mystery Series

Jane Barrow thought she was just cleaning houses and raising her kids in small-town Alma, Kansas. But when a routine job at the Whitcomb family reunion takes a deadly turn, she finds herself caught in a web of lies that stretches back decades.

When Vanessa Whitcomb takes a mysterious tumble down the stairs, the police are quick to call it an accident. But Jane discovers a hidden notebook filled with cryptic observations about the family's darkest secrets—and she's convinced someone pushed Ness to keep her quiet. As Jane digs deeper into the Whitcombs' tangled history, she realizes that everyone has something to hide, and someone is willing to kill to protect their secrets.

Meanwhile, a separate mystery haunts Jane: old photographs of missing children found in an abandoned house, connected to whispers of a doctor who helped desperate families in ways that weren't quite legal. When these two investigations begin to intersect, Jane uncovers a shocking network that has been operating in plain sight for years.

Racing against time before the killer strikes again, Jane must navigate family loyalties, buried shame, and deadly threats. But in a town where everyone knows everyone else's business, the most dangerous secrets are often hiding in plain sight—and some people will do anything to keep the past buried.