Mystery on Briar Street

Clean Sweep Cozy Mystery Series

Jane Barrow thought cleaning the old Wheeler house would be just another job—until contractor Brent discovers a metal box hidden in the wall containing decades-old Polaroid photographs of children. Each haunting image shows a different child posed against the same rose-patterned wallpaper, their names faded and crossed out in mysterious handwriting.

When Jane begins investigating the photos, she uncovers the tragic story of Pearl Wheeler, a reclusive woman whose life was shattered by accusations decades ago. But as Jane digs deeper into Alma's buried secrets, strange things start happening at the house—doors left ajar, fresh footprints in the dust, and the unsettling feeling that someone doesn't want these old mysteries solved.

With the help of her boyfriend Mike and her growing certainty that these children deserve to have their stories told, Jane races to identify the faces in the photographs before whoever is watching her stops her permanently. But in a small town where some secrets have been buried for generations, the truth about what happened in the Wheeler house may be more devastating than anyone imagined.

From the bestselling author of cozy mysteries comes a gripping tale of family secrets, small-town cover-ups, and one woman's determination to give voice to the voiceless—no matter the cost.