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THE CASCADE DINNER Chapter 8 The Cellar The wine cellar was not a place Leo visited often. He knew it existed, of course—he was the general manager, and the general manager of a luxury lodge knew every square inch of the property, even the ones that made him uncomfortable. But the wine cellar made him … Read more

THE CASCADE DINNER Chapter 7 The Things They Carried Leo found Otis at twenty-two minutes past nine, and the finding was not a finding at all but a discovery, and the discovery was not a discovery but a confirmation of every fear that had been crawling up his spine since the note first appeared in … Read more

THE CASCADE DINNER Chapter 6 The Silence Between Bites The papers lay in the center of the table like evidence at a trial—which, Leo supposed, they were. Bank statements, email printouts, phone logs, photographs. Twelve people seated around a mahogany coffin of secrets, watching the documents accumulate, waiting for someone to make the first move. … Read more

THE CASCADE DINNER Chapter 5 The Weight of Silver The salad plates were cleared. The third course—a wild mushroom risotto with black truffle and aged parmesan—arrived and was ignored. The wine flowed, though no one seemed to taste it. The candles on the table had been lit by Elena during the commotion, and their flames … Read more

THE CASCADE DINNER Chapter 4 The Second Chair Reggie Foss’s tears were silent. That was what struck Leo first. The old man did not sob, did not gasp, did not make any of the wet, choking sounds that usually accompanied grief. He simply sat there, his fork still in his hand, his soup half-eaten, and … Read more

THE CASCADE DINNER Chapter 3 The Toast The clock struck seven, and nothing happened. Leo stood in the archway, the note still in his hand, his heart pounding so hard he could feel it in his teeth. He had read the threat aloud. He had given them the warning. And now he was waiting—waiting for … Read more

THE CASCADE DINNER Chapter 2 The First Course The note in Leo’s breast pocket felt heavier than paper had any right to feel. He had read it three times in his office, and now, standing at the edge of the Great Room with thirty-four minutes left on an invisible clock, he read it a fourth … Read more

THE CASCADE DINNER Chapter 1 The Guest List The snow began at four-seventeen in the afternoon, which would have been unremarkable anywhere else but was, at Timberline Lodge, the first stitch in a shroud. Leo Maeda knew this because he had been standing at the floor-to-ceiling window of the Great Room for exactly forty-seven minutes, … Read more

THE CASCADE DINNER Genre Mystery / Thriller (Closed Circle / Locked Room Mystery) Synopsis The Cascade Dinner is a modern locked-room mystery about power, guilt, and the cost of truth—set in a beautiful, isolated lodge where the walls have ears and the ghosts never leave. 1. The Guest List 2. The First Course 3. The Toast … Read more

THE LAST HOUR OF SEVEN BELLS The Cold Case The file was thin. Too thin. Fifteen years of investigation, and all that remained was a few pages of notes, a handful of photographs, and a list of witnesses who had seen nothing, heard nothing, known nothing. Nora spread the contents across her new desk. The … Read more