The November Guest

Insurance investigator Nora Vásquez-Hollins arrives in the quiet mountain town of Prospect, Colorado to verify what should be a routine estate claim. Instead, she finds a problem. A valuable Art Nouveau brooch listed among a dead man’s belongings should not exist. Years earlier, the same brooch was reported stolen. And the insurance payout was already made. As Nora examines the late Raymond Esterholt’s meticulously organized records, she discovers an archive of carefully documented transactions stretching back decades. Objects moved quietly between buyers and sellers. Debts were settled in silence. And someone made sure the truth was always written down — even if no one was meant to read it. When a woman claiming to be Esterholt’s cousin arrives in Prospect and pushes to liquidate the estate quickly, Nora realizes the brooch is only the beginning. The records in the barn were never meant to stay hidden. They were meant to be found. And once Nora finishes reading them, someone in Prospe