The High Tide Murder

by Emylia Hall

400 pages, Paperback

Published November 4, 2025

About the author

Emylia Hall lives with her husband and son in Bristol, where she writes from a hut in the garden and dreams of the sea. THE SHELL HOUSE DETECTIVES is her first crime novel and is inspired by her love of Cornwall’s wild landscape. Emylia has published four previous novels, including Richard and Judy Book Club pick THE BOOK OF SUMMERS and THE THOUSAND LIGHTS HOTEL. Her work has been translated into ten languages and broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music. She is the founder of Mothership Writers and is a writing coach at The Novelry.

Reviews

[Caroline · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the latest Shell House Detective novel. It's slightly more complicated than the others, in that Ally Bright and Jayden Weston find themselves struggling to get the truth out of theis 'suspects'. Why was a man killed at the High Tide Hotel? Was it linked to the death of a young local man there over thirty years ago? All those being questioned have their own reasons for being less than honest when being spoken to, And they all have their own version of the truth.
Meanwhile, Jayden and Cat now have a baby son, Benji, a younger brother for their daughter Jazz. Life is a bit more complicated, but they muddle through together. Also, Ally's rediscovered friend, Ray, living in Sussex, invites her to stay with him for a few days, which she does. But There's still Gus, her neighbour, who still thinks a lot of Ally. Will she choose between them, or will Ally keep the two men as 'friends'?