Summers End

Name: Summers End
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Juneau Black
ISBN: 9780593869222

Author: Juneau Black

Series: A Shady Hollow Mystery #5

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 07/09/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

A unique take on dark academia, featuring everyone's favorite vulpine sleuth, Vera Vixen.

It's late August in Shady Hollow, and intrepid reporter Vera Vixen agrees to chaperone the school’s annual field trip to Summers End, an ancient tomb built by an early woodland culture. Naturally, her good friend Lenore Lee comes along to help her.

But when the group enters the tomb one morning, they find a corpse that is distinctly more. . . modern than expected. Digging deeper, Vera and Lenore discover that the deceased was involved in the recent excavation at the site, and very unpopular with their colleagues—including Lenore’s sister, Ligeia. Now the fox and raven must delve into the dark world of academia and archaeology to clear Ligeia’s name. Some creature at Summers End thought they were clever enough to get away with the perfect murder. Can Vera and Lenore unearth the truth in time?

About The Author

Juneau Black is the pen name of authors Jocelyn Cole and Sharon Nagel. They share a love of excellent bookshops, fine cheeses, and good murders (in fictional form only). Though they are two separate people, if you ask either of them a question about their childhood, you are likely to get the same answer. This is a little unnerving for any number of reasons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lilly on July 09, 2024

Summers End is the fifth book in the Shady Hollow series. After crime solving reporter Vera Vixen agrees to chaperone the annual field trip to Summers End, an ancient tomb and current archaeological site, remains are found--which is to be expected... except these remains are modern. As Vera works to......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on April 16, 2024

I can not get enough of this series! Summers End is the 5th installment of this series and just like the others, this was a fun, relaxing read and a much appreciated palette cleanser. One of the sweetest treats in this series is that all the characters are animals, usually a cozy mystery will feature......more

Goodreads review by Emily on August 25, 2024

As far as the shady hollow series, this unfortunately is my least favorite. I just love Shady Hollow so much, I missed the regular setting and characters, rather than Vera being in a new town with some new (and old) faces.......more

Goodreads review by Katie on March 14, 2024

Vera Vixen has done it again!! I absolutely loved this story because it was a fun twist on the usual mystery. This entire tale takes place at Summers End, so we get to meet almost an entirely new cast in a new, quaint location. I found that I really enjoyed this mystery and the lore that went into t......more

Goodreads review by Bailey on October 02, 2024

I enjoy these books so much--they're like a warm hug in mystery form! This author duo's work has definitely improved over each book and I loved how this one manages to make a whole new setting feel familiar right away. I love the romantic pairing in this series, though we don't see a whole lot of th......more