Murder Under the Magnolias

By Amy Carlile

In the small town of Taylorsburg, South Carolina, everyone has secrets-but some secrets are worth killing for.
When church secretary Denise Snipes is found brutally murdered in the cemetery behind Taylorsburg Presbyterian Church, Detective Sherie Burton is called in from North Augusta to investigate. In a town of only 2,000 residents where everyone knows everyone, the local sheriff needs an outsider-someone with no ties to the community and no reason to protect its secrets.
What Sherie uncovers is a web of lies, forbidden love, and deadly obsession. Denise was having an affair with the married pastor, Joshua Elkins. Her husband Wayne, the town mechanic with a reputation for trouble, has no alibi. And her best friend Ellen Carlisle seems devastated-perhaps too devastated.

When a second body is discovered and key evidence begins pointing in unexpected directions, Sherie must untangle twenty years of friendship, obsession, and twisted devotion to find a killer who believed that love justified murder.
Perfect for fans of Louise Penny and Donna Andrews, Murder Under the Magnolias is a compelling cozy mystery about the fine line between love and obsession-and the deadly consequences when that line is crossed.

"Some loves bloom beautiful. Others grow thorns."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GGQN55G1
• ISBN13: 9798243871860
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"