Private detective Em Montgomery is hunting for a missing woman. She expected dead ends. She did not expect a dead girl who refuses stay buried. Now Em is knee-deep in fog, small-town secrets, and the uneasy sense she's being watched by more than wildlife. Cardinal mixes a sharp wit with sharper danger to get under your skin. And follow you home.

Vernon Oickle, author of Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia and the award-winning Crow series

Wrapped up in a popular ghost story, donalee Moulton has crafted a breathtaking mystery full of suspense and intrigue that takes you to the rural reaches of the province. Real or ethereal, the story steeped in a Nova Scotia legend involving the apparition of a little girl who died more than a century earlier, moves forward at a riveting pace as, layer by layer, it peels back the secrets until the compelling and satisfying conclusion. Moulton is a master storyteller who captures the small-town mores that are the "real" Nova Scotia, and Cardinal is truly a unique ghost story that will keep you eagerly turning pages until the end.