Dust Bowl Daughters: A Psychological Thriller of Resilience and Hope

By James Harvest

A secret buried by time. A truth unearthed by the storm.

Forensic archivist Eleanor Vance has perfected the art of restoring the past-for everyone but herself. Haunted by the unsolved disappearance of her mother during a catastrophic dust storm thirty years ago, Ellie has built a fragile life far from the dying Kansas town of her childhood. But when a modern-day dust storm unearths a mummified woman clutching a tarnished silver locket-a locket containing a photo of Ellie and her mother-she is forced to return to the place where her nightmares began.

In Prosperity, a ghost town slowly being erased by wind and decay, every face is a closed door. The locals, hardened by decades of betrayal and loss, meet Ellie's questions with hostile silence. They want the past to stay buried. But as Ellie delves into the town's decaying records, she uncovers a shocking pattern of desperation: a series of farms sold for pennies right after the storm, families who vanished overnight, and a sinister symbol carved into the earth-a claiming mark from the darkest days of the Dust Bowl.

Guided by a reluctant sheriff and a local historian who knows the land's bloody secrets, Ellie uncovers a legacy of resilience and violence: a secret society of women known as the Dust Bowl Daughters, who once protected their community from predators. Her investigation reveals a terrifying truth: her mother wasn't a victim of the storm. She was the target of a conspiracy so deep it has poisoned the town for generations-a conspiracy that someone will still kill to protect.

Now, as another deadly storm descends, cutting Prosperity off from the world, Ellie realizes the past is not just history. It is a predator, and it has been waiting for her. To uncover the truth about her mother, she must confront a killer who believes some secrets are worth burying alive.

For fans of Jane Harper's atmospheric suspense and the haunting family legacies of Laura McHugh, Dust Bowl Daughters is a gripping psychological thriller of relentless tension and breathtaking resilience. It is a story about the price of truth, the long shadow of history, and the fierce, unbreakable bonds of motherhood that not even death can erase.

Unearth the secret. Dare to remember.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FR2TKNWB
• ISBN13: 9798265186188
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"