Murder at Cottonwood Creek by Clara McKenna

Lyndy and Stella are on a trip to Montana. Both her mother and stepfamily as well as his father are there. Except that his father is not. He disappeared a few days earlier and no one knows where he went. And that's not the last untoward thing that happens on their visit, including death. 

We get to see a little bit more about both Lyndy and Stella but there is a lot of focus on the "B" characters. I didn't love the solution to the mystery either; it didn't make a lot of sense based on what we saw on the page. 

Three stars

A Stella and Lyndy Mystery #7

Follows Murder on Glenloch Hill

Followed by Murder at Pellhurst Pond

This book came out November 25, 2025

ARC kindly provided by Kensington Publishing and NetGalley

Opinions are my own