Crime runs deep—and justice digs deeper.
Wagging Tales Press Publishing delivers a bold line of police procedurals built on sharp investigation, high stakes, and emotionally layered leads. From mountain towns to urban fringes, these stories bring law enforcement professionals face-to-face with the fractures in their communities—and sometimes, in themselves. With high-concept cases, memorable detectives, and settings that shape the story as much as the crime, this imprint offers tightly structured mysteries that reward binge readers and crime fiction fans alike.
Every story starts with a body—and ends with the truth.
Apatite for Murder
A Stone Mountain Mystery
By Mickey Fowler
When history repeats itself, it leaves more than footprints in the clay.
Ranger Cade Dawson is used to break-ins and lost hikers—not a corpse posed in a petticoat. When a woman is found dead in Stone Mountain Park’s replica “Old Town” village, dressed in Civil War garb, Cade is drawn into a case tangled in history, rivalry, and a controversial rebranding of the mountain’s Confederate legacy. But as buried truths surface and the land itself seems to turn against him, Cade must uncover a deeper conspiracy—before someone ensures the past stays buried forever.
Gneiss Guys Finish Last
A Stone Mountain Mystery
By Mickey Fowler
Old stones. Older secrets.
When a beloved science teacher is found dead below a granite outcrop known as “the Cathedral,” Ranger Cade Dawson suspects the fall wasn’t accidental. The man’s gear is untouched, his notebook is missing, and a cryptic message—“Not gneiss. Not safe.”—leads Cade into the cutthroat world of amateur mineral hunters, Civil War relic chasers, and long-buried grudges. As pressure mounts from both locals and the state, Cade must navigate deadly caves, whispered legends, and a killer who knows the mountain’s secrets all too well.
Fault Lines
A Stone Mountain Mystery
By Mickey Fowler
Some ghosts don’t haunt—they walk.
Every July Fourth, Ranger Cade Dawson returns to Stone Mountain to search for the sister he lost decades ago. But when a woman matching Lily’s description vanishes before his eyes, Cade is pulled into a new investigation—and an old obsession. As a body turns up near a sealed-off cave and buried evidence resurfaces, Cade must confront the possibility that Lily’s disappearance wasn’t an accident—and that the mountain has been hiding more than just secrets.
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