A Death in Zion Falls: A Small Town Midwest Crime Mystery.

By Christopher L Cooper

A perfect two-hour small-town murder mystery you can finish in one sitting. No filler. No padding. Just family secrets, old resentments, and a detective who trusts no one.

Dr. Evelyn Porter gave The Village of Zion Falls everything.
Her time. Her patience. Her weekends. Her peace.

She was the doctor who remembered names, remembered histories, remembered the things people didn't even admit to themselves. Dr. Porter kept showing up for a village that took more from her every year and called it normal.

Then Dr. Porter was found dead on her kitchen floor.

And Zion Falls responded the only way it knows how when something breaks its image. It looked for someone to blame so it wouldn't have to look at itself. The village's love turned into suspicion. Its gratitude turned into judgment. Its mourning turned into a hunt for a reason that would make this feel acceptable.

Detective Marcus Hale doesn't get the luxury of believing the story that spreads the fastest. He has to prove what happened. And what he sees right away is simple and terrifying. The killer wasn't a stranger in the dark. They were someone close enough to be trusted, close enough to ruin Dr. Porter.

Now Hale is digging through family fractures, old resentments, and the secrets people protect because the truth would ruin the lives they're still trying to keep together.

A Death in Zion Falls is a small town murder mystery about loyalty, reputation, and the moment a community decides one of its own is easier to sacrifice than to save.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GTXBM6YH
• ISBN13: 9798249592318
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"