Codename: Top Secret January

by Casia Pickering

During a playful game of hide and seek, one orphan finds an unknown person's remains inside a tree.

War veteran turned reporter, Arthur Ashcroft is assigned to the story, and it could make his career. With his photographer, Penny Compton, the two travel to the small village of Thornhurst. There, they investigate the human remains found inside a wych elm.

What begins as a true crime report brings out a secret the government would rather keep hidden. A valuable secret that everyone wants.

Will Arthur and Penny find the truth or is the woman in the wych elm forever lost?

116 pages, Paperback

Published December 19, 2022

About the author

Even though she claims she can write anything, the biography remains to be Casia’s arch-nemesis. Despite this, Casia has used her Writing degree to craft stories in over ten anthologies, maintained a book blog for more than a decade, and has begun to write novels. A multi-genre author, Casia Pickering, is incapable of keeping to one thing. Every story has a piece of her personality that she treasures and shares with her readers. She currently lives in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia with her biggest supporter and helper, her son, affectionately known as Bug. Previous works are under the name, Casia Courtier.