Cold Case at Cardwell Ranch: A Montana Western Mystery

B.J. Daniels

Jul 2021 · Cardwell Ranch: Montana Legacy Book 6 · Sold by Harlequin

About this ebook

Buried secrets threaten a lawman

And a woman with everything to lose.



A grisly discovery at the bottom of an abandoned well leads cold-case detective Waco Johnson to Cardwell Ranch—and a thirty-year-old unsolved homicide. When evidence points to Ella Cardwell’s missing mother as the murderer, Waco knows he'll need the Montana rancher's help to find the vanished woman. Ella’s desperate search for answers uncovers family secrets that could break the case wide open…and thrust Ella and Waco into a killer's sights.

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For more action-packed stories, check out the other books in the Cardwell Ranch: Montana Legacy series by B.J. Daniels:

Book 1: Steel Resolve
Book 2: Iron Will
Book 3: Ambush before Sunrise
Book 4: Double Action Deputy
Book 5: Trouble in Big Timber
Book 6: Cold Case at Cardwell Ranch

Ratings and reviews

I'm sad that the Cardwell books are ending! I've read them all and will miss this family and all the characters! This was a fitting ending to the series. You don't have to read the other books but you are missing out if you don't! When bones is found in an abandoned well, Waco Johnson knows they are decades old. He's a cold case detective and the discovery soon leads him to Cardwell Ranch. Ella Cardwell's mother is soon a suspect and she runs. Ella has always known her mother has secrets but when she can't find her, she sets out on her own investigation and Waco is following HER! What they find is not anything that they expected! And the murder victim left behind a family that was ruthless so they aren't going to stand for Ella's poking around! Fantastic characters and fantastic story!

About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author B.J. Daniels lives in Montana with her husband, Parker, and two springer spaniels. When not writing, she quilts, boats and always has a book or two to read. Contact her at www.bjdaniels.com, on Facebook at B.J. Daniels or through her reader group the B.J. Daniels' Big Sky Darlings, and on twitter at bjdanielsauthor.