Murder in the World Below (A Haven Mystery Book 1)

A sanctuary guilt on hope, but haunted by murder...

In 1960, a sprawling facility for handicapped children was shut down in disgrace—its legacy tainted by abuse, illegal experiments, and tragedy. Six decades later, the campus has been reborn as a quiet community college in Virginia’s Shenandoah Mountains.

But beneath its foundations lies a secret. Hidden in the abandoned tunnels and caverns, the forgotten survivors of the asylum have built a hidden world of their own—Haven. For years, they’ve lived in peace, sheltering their differences and dreading discovery by the world above.

Now their fragile sanctuary is in danger. The underground city’s only power source is failing, and when Awen, a determined young woman, sets out to save Haven, she discovers an even greater threat: someone is killing her people from within.

Teaming up with a professor from the college above, Awen must unmask a ruthless murderer and find a new way to keep the lights burning in Haven. But as the death toll rises, the killer marks Awen as their next target. If she fails, Haven will fall into darkness—forever.