Tilly Lafleur's father vanished without a trace. She isn't buying it. When his canoe is found battered below Echo Lake Falls, the town of Balsam Bay quickly calls it a tragic accident. But Tilly spent twenty years in search and rescue, and she knows when something doesn't add up. Returning to her Manitoba hometown on the Canadian Shield, Tilly finds more than old memories waiting for her. A sudden death at the summer fair, whispers about the abandoned gold mine, and a community divided over its future all point to one thing: Someone in town has a lot to lose if the truth comes out. With the help of her sharp-eyed daughter Callie, a watchful dog named Des, and a few trusted friends, Tilly begins piecing together the mystery—one clue at a time. But the closer she gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes: Some secrets are tangled deep in the heart of the town. Death at Balsam Bay is the first book in the Tilly Lafleur Mysteries—a small-town cozy mystery with real suspense, buried secrets, and twists that keep you turning pages.