Hard as a Headstone: A Maine Mystery

By Thomas C. Bennett

The dead don't lie. The living do.

Former Army CID investigator Ardmore Theberge just wanted to complete his assignment: a routine land survey. But when he discovers a young woman murdered in a historic Maine graveyard--her skull crushed by blunt-force trauma--routine goes out the window.

The victim, Janey Nightingale, was part of an activist group fighting to stop a bottled water company from relocating the cemetery. The authorities seem in no hurry to solve the case. But when Ardmore's friend Millicent Feathernight implores him to look into what appears to be a crime against a fellow Native American woman, he can't say no.

In the unorganized town of Platen, everyone has secrets and everyone has an agenda. When the victim's identity proves to be as false as the town's promises of cooperation, Ardmore realizes he's stumbled into something far more dangerous than a simple murder.

Especially when he becomes the prime suspect.

Now Ardmore must use every skill from his mysterious military past to clear his name and expose a killer--before he becomes the graveyard's next permanent resident.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934031291
• ISBN13: 9781934031292
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Islandport Press
• Length: 328 Pages