Everybody knows everybody.
Tucked somewhere into the mountains of North Carolina is a town called Briar Glen.
It's the kind of place where people wave from passing trucks, somebody always knows why the police were on Juniper Lane, and news can make it from one end of Main Street to the other before the person involved has even heard it themselves.
It's a good place to call home.
It's an even better place to keep a secret.
Get to know Briar Glen.
Downtown sits beneath the mountains, built around Main Street, the courthouse, the church clock tower, and Central Park. Harper's Chicken has been feeding the town for years. Rayburn's Barber Shop has heard more secrets than the police department. And the old Briar River Mill still watches over the town from a distance.
Most days, Briar Glen looks like any other small Appalachian town.
Then somebody starts asking questions.
CASE FILE
LOCATION:
Briar Glen, North Carolina
STATUS:
Investigation ongoing
PERSONS OF INTEREST:
Practically everybody.
Some stories refuse to stay buried.
The Briar Glen Mysteries is an upcoming Appalachian noir series from R.E. Chatterton, following the people who investigate the town's crimes—and the people who inevitably become part of them.
At the center of the series are veteran Briar Glen detective John Prescott and his twenty-one-year-old daughter, Charli Prescott, a photographer with a habit of noticing things other people miss.
Each mystery reveals another piece of Briar Glen while an older, deeply personal question waits beneath the surface.
You'll be hearing more from Briar Glen.
New stories, characters, locations, clues, and pieces of the larger mystery will continue appearing here as R.E. Chatterton builds the world of The Briar Glen Mysteries.
We've been expecting you.