Charts & Clues: A Small Town Cozy Murder Mystery

by Widdy Thorne

A poisoned pill. A locked clinic. A nurse with nerves of steel—and secrets of her own.

When Isabel Reyes inherits her aunt’s rustic mountain cabin and rundown clinic, the last thing she expects is a murder.

An unsympathetic victim leaves the whole town whispering, and every quirky neighbor becomes a suspect.

Armed with sharp instincts and her loyal (if clumsy) dog, Isabel is drawn into a maze of gossip, red herrings, and one grumpy deputy. But fear and anxiety can’t keep her from sleuthing—because someone is using their prescription pads for something deadly.

With a gossipy crew at her side and her son hacking up leads, Isabel is about to prove that the best medicine is a healthy dose of curiosity.

In Running Springs, murder is just what the doctor never ordered.

65 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 11, 2025

Reviews

[Cornel Diaconu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty dense, and fast paced, though short story, with Isabel coming back to her home town for taking control over her late aunt; and deeping her down in a whirl of events culminating with a death. All while someone pretended to impersonate her suntbin false recepies.
Funny pair of dogs that Isabel took from some shelter just before leaving her residence.

[Jane Y · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow what a very good book.

I didn’t realize who the killers were until the last two chapters

I hope there are more books in this series