Bird Box Widow

Celia Brandt thought she'd left heartbreak behind when her husband died-until a chance find at the annual Village Fête plunges her back into mystery. Inside a set of antique bird boxes she's commissioned for her fledgling woodworking business, Celia discovers cryptic notes and carved symbols hinting at the disappearance of a young girl decades earlier. As she follows clue by clue-from whispered warnings in the grain to a reclusive sculptor's hidden secret-Celia must confront her own grief and the town's buried past.
With every splinter she uncovers, the stakes grow more dangerous, culminating beneath the old vineyard vines in a storm of revelation. In the end, Celia not only unearths the truth of the missing child but, piece by piece, rebuilds her own sense of hope and belonging.