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When a WWII-era time capsule is opened on Applebrook Library’s sunny lawn, antique shop owner Alistair Scott Sterling expects quirky memorabilia—not a body staged to look decades old. With rumors flooding faster than sprinkler water, Alistair’s sharp eye for objects spots what others miss: the “history” is a lie… and someone wants the lie to stay buried. As Alistair and math-teacher Eva Redmond untangle a sealed-space timeline, a too-polite “building inspector” keeps circling the library walls, and Alistair’s instincts scream that this isn’t just murder. It’s the first move in a larger hunt: the Veritatis Circle has begun searching for the ten hidden objects Aunt Agatha concealed inside Oddments & Ephemera. Relics that, gathered together, can power a catastrophic ritual. Between small-town gossip, a killer protecting an old secret, and a predator with impeccable manners, Alistair must solve the crime… before Veritatis digs up what should never be found.
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