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Death at White Rocks
Paperback
Series: The Uniontown Mysteries
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ISBN13: 9798241071583
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 23 2025
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 23 2025
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1810.
When eighteen-year-old Polly Williams is found dead at the base of White Rocks overlooking Georges Creek, the town demands an explanation. The evidence is uncertain. The injuries suggest more than a fall. And the young woman's private life-once uncovered-ignites scandal in a place that depends on silence and order.
When eighteen-year-old Polly Williams is found dead at the base of White Rocks overlooking Georges Creek, the town demands an explanation. The evidence is uncertain. The injuries suggest more than a fall. And the young woman's private life-once uncovered-ignites scandal in a place that depends on silence and order.
Phillip Rogers, a merchant's son of higher social standing, was the last person seen with Polly. Their relationship, once discreet, becomes the center of a murder investigation that exposes class divisions, social pressure, and the limits of truth in early American life.
As Detective Robert Vance builds his case and the town's whispers grow louder, the story moves toward a trial that promises clarity but delivers something far more unsettling. The verdict is rendered. The questions remain.
Maiden is a historically grounded murder mystery inspired by an early nineteenth-century American case. It is a story of restraint rather than spectacle, where evidence is incomplete, motives are conflicted, and justice does not guarantee understanding.
This is not a story about certainty.
It is a story about what lingers when certainty is denied.
As Detective Robert Vance builds his case and the town's whispers grow louder, the story moves toward a trial that promises clarity but delivers something far more unsettling. The verdict is rendered. The questions remain.
Maiden is a historically grounded murder mystery inspired by an early nineteenth-century American case. It is a story of restraint rather than spectacle, where evidence is incomplete, motives are conflicted, and justice does not guarantee understanding.
This is not a story about certainty.
It is a story about what lingers when certainty is denied.
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