The Absconding
Del comes home after her mother dies beside the family beehives. Then the hives fall silent—and an old family ritual suggests the story she's been told is wrong.
A death by the hives brings Del home to questions no one is asking.
Del spends her working life restoring fragile historical documents, reading the marks that time leaves behind and learning which damage can be repaired. Then a call from home breaks the routine: her mother has been found dead near the family beehives before dawn. The first explanation is ordinary. One detail is not—why would she have been out there at that hour?
The Absconding is a psychological family-secrets mystery shaped by grief, old records, rural atmosphere, beekeeping, and a return home that forces Del to examine what her family preserved and what it buried. It is a fit for readers who like homecoming mysteries, unexplained deaths, archival clues, old family history, and suspense that uncovers the past one layer at a time.
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