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Looks Good on Paper
Paperback
Series: Thornwood, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 2 2026
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A scrap of paper. A fatal fall. A lie buried for generations.
Traditional papermaker Lauren Fuller has finally found a place to belong in Thornwood, a quiet village beneath Ontario's Niagara Escarpment. Then, at the Good Friday hawk migration, retired surveyor Daxton Paull presses the torn corner of an old document into her hand and asks one question: Was this paper made in 1813?
Hours later, he is dead below a closed trail.
The coroner calls it an accident. Daxton's closest friend refuses to believe it. And when Lauren studies the fragment, she discovers that the paper is decades too young.
To uncover what Daxton found, Lauren must follow the physical story hidden in fibres, folds, and torn edges. With blunt, capable Anja beside her and Detective Constable Hailey Roberts challenging every conclusion, she is drawn into a forged deed, a generations-old land dispute, and a circle of people carrying old grievances against a difficult man.
But in a region where history and family names still carry weight, exposing the truth may cost Lauren the home she has only just begun to claim.
Looks Good on Paper is the first book in the Mysteries from the Thornwood Folio, a warm, fair-play cozy mystery of old documents, practical crafts, and a village worth belonging to. Complete, with no cliffhanger. This mystery is complete and can be read on its own. Perfect for fans of Kate Carlisle, Ellery Adams, and Sheila Connolly.
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