A magical cozy mystery · Coming to Kickstarter October 1
The Unicorn
in the Alibi
A dachshund dug up the only witness.
Unfortunately, the witness squeaks.
The novel is finished. The evidence is ready. No spam—just book news, bonuses, and suspiciously confident dachshund logic.
A dead registrar. A forged retirement record. One extremely loud little witness.
Darcy Whitmore helps humans and magical familiars navigate separation, retirement, and second chances. Then a bond registrar dies in her office—and a forged familiar-retirement record puts two innocent familiars in danger.
Darcy’s long-haired dachshund, Bug, digs the case’s smallest and squeakiest witness out of a potted palm. Now Darcy has to untangle a magical murder before someone makes the evidence—and the familiars it protects—disappear.
A Second Chances, Familiars & Other Complications Mystery
The evidence locker
A finished mystery—with rewards worth investigating.
The Kickstarter Launch Edition will bring Wickett Harbor off the page with bookish extras built for mystery readers, dog people, and anyone who has ever been personally judged by a tiny unicorn.
- 01 Ebook and paperback editions
- 02 Collectible stickers and bookmarks
- 03 Downloadable puzzles and case files
- 04 Behind-the-scenes campaign surprises
Based on a true rivalry
The murder is fiction.
The unicorn situation is not.
Meet the real Bug and the tiny squeaky unicorn who started the whole case. Some muses whisper. This one digs, steals the evidence, and refuses further questions.
Beyond the evidence board
Wondering what else Dana does?
I write books, build practical tools for authors, teach delightfully un-stuffy AI workflows, and run communities for people making ambitious things.
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