This murder mystery combines real historical elements about the Ozarks near Branson with the author’s imagination of a series of events that happens after an overzealous podcaster brings up the potential for buried treasure in those mountains. The listeners come to the area, and two of them are murdered in search of the loot. How the mystery of their deaths unfolds is told through the eyes of several town officials and hangers-on that are colorfully drawn and interesting to read about. I am somewhat familiar with this part of the country having visited the area several times, and glad that there weren’t any murders happening — at least that I knew about. Booth’s plot points and the novel’s early forays into figuring out quite literally where and why the bodies have been left behind are interesting and the novel remains compelling right up until its conclusion. Highly recommended.