Book Synopsis
When archivist Emma Carter returns to her hometown of
Lake Hughes, California, she uncovers evidence that a series of
environmental failures are not accidents but the result of procedural
corruption embedded within regulatory systems. As she and local
officer Danny Ramirez follow the paper trail, responsibility dissolves
across agencies, language obscures harm, and justice is quietly deferred.
Beneath the Whispering Trees of Lake Hughes is a grounded eco-mystery
about land, legacy, and how institutional processes can conceal
wrongdoing in plain sight.