Quiet Profits in Briar Hollow

The Quiet Discretion Mysteries - Book Two

**She thought the first secret was the dangerous one.

She was wrong.**

In the quiet town of Briar Hollow, people pride themselves on discretion. They don’t pry. They don’t ask questions they might not like the answers to. And when something feels wrong, they tell themselves it’s probably nothing.

Until it isn’t.

When a battered ledger turns up in Clara Whitlock’s antique shop, it doesn’t scream danger. It doesn’t threaten. It doesn’t even look important. It simply counts—neat rows of names, dates, and quiet payments that were never meant to be examined too closely.

And then someone dies.

Clara Whitlock has learned to be careful with the objects that pass through her hands. Some hold memories. Some hold grief. And some carry the weight of decisions made in private—decisions people believed would never surface.

The ledger is one of those.

As Clara begins to trace the ledger’s meaning, a disturbing pattern emerges. These weren’t random entries. They were maintenance. Payments made to keep something contained. Managed. Quiet.

Now the person who benefited most from that silence is gone—and whoever depended on those payments is suddenly exposed.

Briar Hollow doesn’t erupt into chaos. It tightens. Conversations lower. Doors close faster. And the town’s instinct to preserve calm becomes far more dangerous than panic ever could.

With her sharp-eyed, sharp-tongued cat Nimbus at her side, Clara must decide how far she’s willing to follow the truth when everyone else would rather look away.

Quiet Inheritance in Briar Hollow is a paranormal cozy mystery for readers who want more than surface comfort.

This book delivers:

• A thoughtful, observant female sleuth who listens before she acts

• A small town full of people who mean well—and still cause harm

• Paranormal elements grounded in consequence, not spectacle

• Psychological tension that builds without shouting

• A mystery where silence itself is the danger

There are no easy villains here. Only systems, habits, and long-standing arrangements that worked—until they didn’t.

If you enjoy cozy mysteries with intelligence, restraint, and moral weight—stories that trust the reader and linger long after the final page—Bloodline Blush in Briar Hollow is your next read.

This is Book Two in The Quiet Discretion Mysteries.
Each book stands alone, but the consequences carry forward.

You'll be Given a Brooch
An item that was never meant to be revealed.
And you'll learn the she who it belonged to never wanted it to be the reason why she died.