The Whisperlock of Hollowmere

About this book

In the fog-ringed valley town of Hollowmere, thirteen-year-old Tansy Cobblestone has fought her way into the Guild of Wardwrights despite a stutter that makes the guild families underestimate her at every turn. When her mentor, the beloved Guildmaster Baldric Thistlewood, vanishes on the eve of the town's Riddle Festival — taking with him the Whisperlock, the ancient puzzle box that keeps Hollowmere's protective wards intact — Tansy is the last person seen with him, and the guild is quick to call her guilty. Stripped of her apprenticeship and shunned by the very town she loves, she turns to her fierce best friend Dot Millhouse, a baker's daughter with nothing left to lose, and to Baldric's estranged son Peregrine, newly returned and carrying secrets of his own. As living fog creeps closer to Hollowmere's cobbled lanes, Tansy pieces together clues scattered across old letters, cryptic ledgers, and half-remembered nights, uncovering a decades-old betrayal buried beneath the town's founding legend. Told in a weaving, nonlinear first-person account that moves between the frantic present and the truths hidden in the past, this is a cozy fantasy mystery about puzzles, friendship, and an underdog who refuses to be counted out — even when the whole town has already decided who she is.

Book details

Genres:

Cozy Mystery, Fantasy Adventure, Mystery

Language:

en

Published:

2026-07-09

Content rating:

PG-13