{"product_id":"hard-as-a-headstone-a-maine-mystery-paperback","title":"Hard as a Headstone: A Maine Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard J. Cass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dead don't lie. The living do.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEspecially when he becomes the prime suspect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Cass\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the seven-book Elder Darrow jazz mystery series. The first book in the series won the 2018 Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. The fifth, \u003ci\u003eSweetie Bogan's Sorrow, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Nancy Pearl Librarian's Prize for Genre Fiction. His Maine-based Ardmore Therberge thriller series launched with \u003ci\u003eThe Last Altruist\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has also published a short story collection, \u003ci\u003eGleam of Bone.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCass holds a graduate degree in writing from the University of New Hampshire, where he studied with Thomas Williams, Jr. and Joseph Monninger. His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePlayboy, Gray's Sporting Journal, ZZYZVA, Tough, Shotgun Honey \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Best Short Stores of the American West. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a regular contributor to the Maine Crime Writers blog\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a lecturer at OLLI, and he lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine with his wife Anne.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46184750055468,"sku":"9781934031292","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/x-ote3sm8D9781934031292.webp?v=1789609859","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/hard-as-a-headstone-a-maine-mystery-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}