My Bonnie Lies Under

August 1885. On board the steamship Oceanic, crossing from Yokohama to San Francisco.

Recently orphaned Keridec Rees is carrying her father's ashes home when her friend and companion, Anne Bonney, disappears. Is Anne hiding among the passengers in steerage? Has she fallen overboard? Or was she murdered?

Keri has no answers. But when she's attacked with a knife, she gets the message: Someone is determined she will never reach port.

Keri searches for clues to who has placed her in the crosshairs and why. Her only weapons on this quest are the support of her guardians and an unlikely assemblage of allies, an analytical approach to solving problems, artistic proficiency, tenacity, and an aptitude for shooting targets. She will need them all if she's to solve her mystery, reach America alive, and lay the foundations of a new life.

But just one misstep. and the ocean will silence her forever.

"Fast-paced historical mystery with a strong female lead and emotional depth."--Publishers Weekly

"A gripping suspense thriller of a read from start to finish."--Midwest Book Review

"I gulped the novel in almost one sitting (I had to go to bed!), and by the end, Keri had transformed through grief and smarts into an independent young woman, though still so very young. A very compelling and satisfying read." --Liza Porter, winner of the 2024 Faulkner/Wisdom Writing Competition in nonfiction and author of Del Bac, Keep the Singing, and Red Stain

"Analytic and gutsy, 15-year-old Keridec Rees is an intelligent heroine you'll want to see more of. I know I do!" --Kathy McIntosh, author of the Adventure Calls Mysteries

"Rich descriptions grace this series launch from Susan Cummins Miller...Keridec Rees is the perfect guide to a lethal but mesmerizing journey into the past."--D.R. Ransdell, author of Party Wine

"Original, engaging, suspenseful and charming!" --Anne Hillerman, Author of the New York Times best selling Leaphorn Chee Manuelito mysteries

Tucson writer SUSAN CUMMINS MILLER, a former field geologist, vertebrate paleontologist, and educator, is the author of award-winning mysteries, two poetry collections, and the nonfiction anthology. She has been writer-in-residence at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA and the Pima County Public Library, Tucson, AZ. Currently, she’ s working on the seventh Frankie MacFarlane mystery and the second Keridec Rees historical mystery, set in the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains in 1885.

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