Fall of 2026 & Advanced Readers Wanted

New Release

The Weight of the Dead

A Nate Briggs Mystery, Book Two
Available September 15th

Thank you for reading Carved in Stone and for returning to Parker’s Gore with Nate in The Weight of the Dead. Time is precious, and I’m truly grateful that you’ve chosen to spend some of yours in this world with me.

The dead should never be disturbed. But some graves refuse to stay buried.

Months after a violent storm uncovered a historic cemetery in the Green Mountains of Vermont, the work of identifying the displaced dead continues inside a temporary morgue. Then, one sealed nineteenth-century coffin contains a discovery no one can explain.

Curled in the arms of a young woman who died more than a century ago is the body of a little girl whose death is painfully recent.

For game warden and part-time constable Nate Briggs, the discovery raises impossible questions. No child has been reported missing. There is no obvious connection between the two victims, separated by generations. And whoever placed the girl inside that coffin was not concealing a crime.

As Nate follows a trail that winds through forgotten history and the uneasy folklore of Parker’s Gore, he finds himself confronting a case unlike any he has investigated before. It is rooted not in greed or revenge, but in a dangerous conviction that the past can be made whole.

In a town where history is never entirely buried, the truth carries a weight all its own.

If you met Nate Briggs in Carved in Stone, you already know the mountain does not give up its history easily. The Weight of the Dead pulls him back into Parker’s Gore for a case that has less to do with who did something and more to do with why anyone would believe it was right.

The Weight of the Dead releases on September 15th. Available for pre-order now.

ADVANCE READERS WANTED
The Last Forager | Book Three | Spring 2027

I’m gathering potential ARC readers for The Last Forager, the third Nate Briggs mystery, anticipated for release in spring 2027. If you’d like to read it before publication, please reach out through my website’s contact page and tell me a little about your reading habits.

Selected readers will receive a complimentary advance copy before release in 2027. I ask only that you consider posting a thoughtful, honest Amazon review after release, reflecting your genuine reading experience. Joining the interest list does not guarantee an ARC.

About the author
S A Morris writes atmospheric mysteries set in rural Vermont, where the landscape, history, and community loyalty shape everyday life. She is the author of Carved in Stone, the first novel in a mystery series featuring game warden and reluctant constable Nate Briggs.