We Bury Nothing
Cormorant Books · Paperback · October 4, 2025
In 1943, German soldier Erich Stein is captured by the Allies and imprisoned at Camp 43 in Canada, where he begins to question everything he once believed about what it means to be “a good German.” In present day, Keira Martin lands a summer internship at the museum built atop Camp 43 to work on a historical true crime research project: solving the murder of Erich Stein in 1945.
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- Who it’s for
- A museum research project brings Keira Martin to the unsolved 1945 murder of Erich Stein.
- Genres
- War & Military YA, YA Mysteries, YA LGBTQ+
- Published
- Cormorant Books, October 4, 2025
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In 1943, German soldier Erich Stein is captured by the Allies and imprisoned at Camp 43 in Canada, where he begins to question everything he once believed about what it means to be “a good German.” In present day, Keira Martin lands a summer internship at the museum built atop Camp 43 to work on a historical true crime research project: solving the murder of Erich Stein in 1945.
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But when a fellow intern drowns under suspicious circumstances, Keira unveils a potential connection between the two deaths involving the Hoppers, a politically powerful family on the museum board pushing anti-2SLGBTQ+ policies. The Hopper Scholarship is Keira’s only hope to afford her dream university, but the more secrets she digs up from the past, the less certain she is about her own future …
Camp 43 Mystery
A museum research project brings Keira Martin to the unsolved 1945 murder of Erich Stein.
Come here for
- A museum research project investigating Erich Stein’s 1945 murder
- A present-day mystery linked to a Canadian wartime camp
Expect
- The story moves between 1943 and the present day
- A politically powerful family intersects with the investigation
Where it sits
| YA LGBTQ+ | 71% |
|---|---|
| YA Mysteries | 43% |
| War & Military YA | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Mysteries
- Activism & Social Justice
- Authors
- Kate Blair
- Publisher
- Cormorant Books
- Published
- October 4, 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Mysteries