02735cam a2200385 i 4500 2523226773 TxAuBib 20240826120000.0 r 250816s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781496749024 electronic bk. 1496749022 electronic bk. MWT18152379 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Childs, Lisa, author. Only the Dead Within [Hoopla] / Lisa Childs. [United States : Kensington Books, 2025. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (352 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. Between mysterious missing persons cases, unsolved murders, and the menacing specter of an eternally blood-thirsty grave digger's ghost, the town of Gold Creek, Michigan, has a grim reputation, and so does the wealthy, ruthless Gold family, who run the local funeral home and cemetery-and may be behind it all . . . Yet another teen has gone missing from the Gold Memorial Gardens, and Child Protective Services Investigator Claire Underwood isn't giving up until she finds him. For Claire, solving the case is more than business. Years ago, she lost a friend in that cemetery. Over time, the authorities deemed all the disappeared teens runaways, while local legend blamed the ghost of the murderous grave digger-much to the satisfaction of the Golds, also known as the "Ghouls." Claire has always suspected the Golds were involved, including in some recent murders among their own. She went to high school with Noah Gold. He was very quiet, and very intense. Like someone with something to hide. Noah is sick of being cast in the same light as his conniving, money-hungry family. He's still a bit anti-social, but he's just as determined as Clare to unearth the truth-and finally bury the legend of the grave digger. With a common goal, he and Claire join forces, but it's a quest that puts them in mortal danger. Only with the help of the local sheriff-whose own brother vanished years ago-do they have a chance of surviving. Yet, the truth that awaits them is more terrifying than any ghost . . . Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. Fiction. Electronic books. Domestic fiction. Romance fiction. Suspense fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/18146559?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh2017 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/csp_9781496749024_180.jpeg Cover image