Sweet Tea & the Lone Witness

Description

A spring storm turns Main Street into a slick trap, and Jennifer never expects the screech of tires to pull her straight into danger. When a dark SUV strikes a pedestrian and vanishes into the rain, she rushes to the victim’s side—only to hear a whispered name before Anna Foster disappears entirely, leaving nothing but a smear of blood and a muddy tire iron on the Sweet Tea Stand counter.

With a note warning her to “forget what you heard,” Jennifer knows the driver will stop at nothing to silence the only witness. A secret phone recovered from the storm drain reveals photos of a clandestine meeting at the quarry, and every clue points to a professional hit tied to corporate secrets. The local sheriff, Michael Brooks, warns her to stay out of it, but Jennifer can’t ignore the terrified woman hiding in Tina’s flour room or the armored SUV hidden under a tarp.

As hired hands close in and the town’s cell service is sabotaged, Jennifer and Michael race to protect Anna before the conglomerate’s enforcers reach her. From a high-pressure tea brewer creating a steam screen to a tense standoff on an old wooden bridge, the fight to recover a damning ledger exposes illegal dumping and a conspiracy rooted in old town rivalries.

But even after Todd Ramirez is cuffed and the state police take over, Jennifer spots a familiar black sedan near the cemetery—and realizes the man behind the wheel is the uncle she thought was dead. The next mystery may be her own family tree.