Margins of Error (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798286953684)

When history is written in ink, who controls the pen?

Miles Walker thought he left behind scandal after publishing The Widow's Watch. But when a cryptic letter appears in the bookshop's return bin-marked only with a stylized eye and a challenge to "print the facts"-he's pulled into a shadowy conspiracy rooted in Westbridge's past.

Joined by investigative reporter Nora and his ever-skeptical partner Cal, Miles uncovers a secret archive known as The Red Index, a hidden collection of quotes, erasures, and truths that were never meant to see daylight. When people connected to the Index start turning up dead-each marked with a chilling quote from Westbridge's beloved matriarch Eloise Farnsworth-the trio races to decode literary breadcrumbs, political cover-ups, and forged history before the truth is buried for good.

As a slick outsider runs for mayor on a platform of "rewriting the future," and a TikTok-fueled frenzy turns the mystery into a meme, Miles must decide: Will he protect the town's illusions-or expose the story it tried to erase?

Margins of Error is a twisty, bookish mystery brimming with satire, secrets, and small-town cover-ups-perfect for fans of Only Murders in the Building and The Thursday Murder Club. Because sometimes, the most dangerous stories... are the ones hidden in the margins.