Dumpsters and Dragons

An August 2026 Reading Is a Lifestyle Subscription Book Pick

They threw it away, and now they’ll kill to get it back.

Garbage collector Cassie Willis is used to hauling away other people’s messes. She’s not used to finding coded documents in a dumpster, being chased by a sinister biker, or stumbling into a murder investigation with a killer who refuses to play fair.

When Cassie brings home a packet of strange papers from her route, she hopes someone at a local gamer café can help identify a mysterious symbol. Instead, her search for answers pulls her into a mystery where online challenges, hidden clues, and dangerous assignments point to something far more sinister.

Soon Cassie is working with police to uncover a deadly scheme, but when the investigation reaches someone close to her boyfriend, the case becomes painfully personal. The closer Cassie gets to the truth, the more danger shows up on her doorstep.

With an evasive killer making threats and the stakes rising fast, Cassie must scavenge the clues before this game reaches its final, deadly level.