Buried Legacy by Mary Stone, Alex Gates
Buried Legacy by Mary Stone, Alex Gates
English | 2025 | Mystery & Thriller
The past didn’t die in the bayou. It learned to hunt there.
In the Louisiana bayou, tales of the Rougarou, a werewolf-like creature that prowls the shrouded mist, drift like whispers through twisted, moss-draped trees. But when a local fisherman’s dog uncovers a woman’s arm and a man’s foot in a shallow grave, their IDs buried with their remains, Special Agent Claire Legacy knows this isn’t the Cajun boogeyman from campfire stories. It’s a cold-blooded murderer.
One who’s been hunting for decades.
The recent killings echo a string of eerily similar cases, cold files from forty years ago in Texas and Mississippi. Although the victims were found together, investigators never uncovered how they were connected. When another severed hand appears miles away, paired with a single earring, Claire is forced to consider the unthinkable.
Either the Bayou Butcher has expanded his hunt from the swamp to the city. Or worse, a copycat is on the prowl, and she’s tracking two predators.
The only thread tying the recent victims together is a private bayou tour each took before their deaths. Every lead drags Claire back to Bayou Dernier…where the water runs dark, the night runs deeper, and something far more sinister than fear lies buried in the shadows.
