{"product_id":"hard-as-a-headstone-richard-j-cass-9781934031292","title":"Hard as a Headstone: A Maine Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dead don't lie. The living do.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Army CID investigator Ardmore Theberge just wanted to complete his assignment: a routine land survey. But when he discovers a young woman murdered in a historic Maine graveyard--her skull crushed by blunt-force trauma--routine goes out the window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe victim, Janey Nightingale, was part of an activist group fighting to stop a bottled water company from relocating the cemetery. The authorities seem in no hurry to solve the case. But when Ardmore's friend Millicent Feathernight implores him to look into what appears to be a crime against a fellow Native American woman, he can't say no.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the unorganized town of Platen, everyone has secrets and everyone has an agenda. When the victim's identity proves to be as false as the town's promises of cooperation, Ardmore realizes he's stumbled into something far more dangerous than a simple murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspecially when he becomes the prime suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Ardmore must use every skill from his mysterious military past to clear his name and expose a killer--before he becomes the graveyard's next permanent resident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard J. Cass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934031291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934031292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Islandport Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Richard J. Cass","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588500205823,"sku":"9781934031292","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_012c0e63-c3b4-414d-b8a7-0a4b82dec73d.jpg?v=1780175244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-as-a-headstone-richard-j-cass-9781934031292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}