The Courthouse

By Jeff LaFerney

Ida Hall's murdered body was removed from a well on her family's property. Her husband confessed, was executed, and left three daughters behind. But the evidence never matched the confession, and the wrong person died for the crime.

Thirty-five years later, Iris Nichols is arrested for the murder of a fellow police officer. Though the evidence points to her, Iris refuses to cooperate with her defense attorney-even at the cost of her life-so Reese Carlton is hired to investigate. The purpose? To find out what Iris is hiding and who she is protecting. Instead, he uncovers eight other suspects and an ironic link: the murdered officer was investigating the decades-old Ida Hall case.

As Reese digs deeper, he finds buried motives, long-kept secrets, and a community convinced that Ida Hall's ghost still haunts the courthouse where Iris is being prosecuted.

With the case rushed to trial and Iris determined to hide the truth, Reese must uncover the real killer before history repeats itself and another innocent person dies for a crime she didn't commit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H5NZ6SY6
• ISBN13: 9798181764477
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"