{"product_id":"down-came-a-blackbird-cyn-mackley-9798296194732","title":"Down Came a Blackbird: Camelot West Virginia Book 2 - An Appalachian Gothic Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's John Wayne Orkney's first week as a cop. There's already one dead body, two old flames, a half-feral foster brother, and a murder suspect who once slept with him... and recently ran over the police chief with a mobility scooter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome back to Camelot, West Virginia-a down-but-not-out Appalachian town full of ghosts, grudges, and folks trying to claw their way back. Some with magic. Some with moonshine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Wayne never wanted a badge. He's already juggling EMT runs, trying to launch a business, and keeping tabs on his three wild brothers. Then there's Gallagher Lance-his newest half-feral foster sibling, who's either emotionally damaged... or planning to murder him in his sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Myrtle Lard-Camelot's most hated citizen and one unforgettable mistake from John Wayne's past-has a corpse in her front yard. The suspects? Too many to count. The crows? Watching everything. And the case? About to drag up a whole lot of secrets John Wayne thought he'd buried for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo solve the murder, he'll have to survive small-town politics, supernatural signs, and a past that won't stay buried. Oh, and rescue a cat. Because there's \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e a cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the latest installment in the Camelot West Virginia series\u003c\/b\u003e-a gritty, funny, Southern Gothic mystery saga where the King Arthur legend gets a modern Appalachian twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten by real-life Appalachian crime journalist Cyn Mackley, who turns true police reports into story gold and mines her own mountain roots for magic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you love murder with a touch of mysticism, found family, and flawed heroes with big hearts and bad timing-\u003cb\u003estart reading \u003ci\u003eDown Came a Blackbird\u003c\/i\u003e today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile John Wayne is busy juggling murder suspects, feral brothers, and a town full of secrets, \u003cb\u003eMisty Avalon\u003c\/b\u003e is stumbling into an investigation of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill reeling from the murder of her beloved bartender Gwennie in \u003ci\u003eBook One\u003c\/i\u003e, Misty's sworn she's done with dead bodies. She's got a comeback to plan. Once a Manhattan restaurant mogul, a cheating husband and a brutal bout with cancer brought her empire crashing down. She slunk home to Camelot in defeat, forced to sell off her beloved Avalon Castle-the literal fairytale on the hill-and start over slinging bar food at \u003cb\u003eMisty's Roadhouse\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Misty's plotting her rise. She's revamping the bar, fighting to bring fresh food into a town where grocery store shelves are mostly dust, and trying to ignore the shady network of good ol' boy businessmen standing in her way. Then Clay Kirby-her least favorite customer-winds up dead, and once again, Misty finds herself surrounded by secrets, suspects, and small-town scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's got her hands full already: one castle-owning suitor in the form of older, wealthy newcomer \u003cb\u003eColonel Merle Emery\u003c\/b\u003e, one upright younger contender in \u003cb\u003eSheriff Rickie Bearscamp\u003c\/b\u003e, and bar patrons threatening to fistfight over Bigfoot sightings at the breakfast buffet. With her sister-in-law, Mayor \u003cb\u003eDreama Avalon\u003c\/b\u003e, at her side and a few pitchers of margaritas at \u003cb\u003eCasa de Enchilanda\u003c\/b\u003e, Misty's asking the questions the good ol' boys hoped no one would.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if the rumors are true, \u003cb\u003eCamelot's magic may not be just moonshine and mountain legend after all\u003c\/b\u003e-and Misty's about to find out if she believes in curses, crows, and a little backwoods faerie mischief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cyn Mackley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798296194732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Cyn Mackley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47760808640767,"sku":"9798296194732","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67074f63-249d-4dca-9f1a-2db220a0e3e5.jpg?v=1765514237","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/down-came-a-blackbird-cyn-mackley-9798296194732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}