The Orchard House

When the Tuesday Night Book Club is invited to an exclusive literary retreat at an elegant mountain lodge, Diane and her friends expect a few days of books, good food, and literary gossip.

They don't expect murder.

Mystery writer Vivian Marsh is found dead the morning after the retreat's opening reception. At first, the police have plenty of suspects among the authors, publishers, and literary insiders gathered at the lodge. But Mary and the other women soon discover that Vivian had been working on something far more dangerous than her latest mystery.

Her unfinished novel, The Orchard House, tells the story of a young woman who vanished without a trace nearly fifty years ago. The missing woman disappeared from property that eventually became part of the Ashford family's mountain estate—and the closer the book comes to revealing what happened, the more nervous certain people at the retreat become.

When pages disappear from Vivian's manuscript and another secret from the past comes to light, the Tuesday Night Book Club realizes that someone is determined to make sure Vivian's final chapter is never written.

To solve her murder, the women must uncover the truth behind a forgotten disappearance—and discover why one very old secret is still worth killing for.

For The Orchard House, I’d keep the dedication warm and personal, while making the opening quote echo the novel’s themes of unfinished stories, memory, and secrets.