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Sand, Surf, and Murder: A Totally Delightful Small Town Cozy Murder Mystery
A lost beagle.
A body on the cliffs.
More small-town secrets than shells on the beach.
A surprise inheritance. A gift for trouble turned a weary city dog trainer into Crestview Cove’s latest detective.
Everyone’s whispering. The clues are stacking up. My canine sidekick is sniffing out the truth faster than I can leash him.
Officer Sam Nolan, all charm, wants to keep me out of the deep end.
This town is a tide pool of gossips and rivalries. The waves keep crashing in. Every neighbor has something to hide.
Family secrets and old grudges churn beneath the surface. A desperate culprit is circling, and my future depends on staying one paw ahead.
It’s a tangled leash of lies and motives—and I refuse to heel. This fresh start might bite back.
A body on the cliffs.
More small-town secrets than shells on the beach.
A surprise inheritance. A gift for trouble turned a weary city dog trainer into Crestview Cove’s latest detective.
Everyone’s whispering. The clues are stacking up. My canine sidekick is sniffing out the truth faster than I can leash him.
Officer Sam Nolan, all charm, wants to keep me out of the deep end.
This town is a tide pool of gossips and rivalries. The waves keep crashing in. Every neighbor has something to hide.
Family secrets and old grudges churn beneath the surface. A desperate culprit is circling, and my future depends on staying one paw ahead.
It’s a tangled leash of lies and motives—and I refuse to heel. This fresh start might bite back.
76 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2025
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January 6, 2026
The (short) story is not bad ... especially with how the dog (beagle), named Scout, met Maggie, and led her to discover the body of the victim (all while she was only taking a short break from driving her car to another town).
Events are more and more
Sadly, the "book" had a sloppy edit - more than 4 times phrases had a few words simply repeated entirely (sequence of words, not one word repeated alongside each other). And also a few sentences that started with small caps.
Not grave mistakes, okay. But the next one ...
But the worst part was that at the end of chapter 8, which was told from detective Sam's perspective, he rescues Scout from the kidnappers, and hand him over to Maggie; while, at the beginning of chapter 9, which was told from Maggie's perspective, she herself finds Scout dumped near a dumpster.
This is unforgiving.
Events are more and more
Sadly, the "book" had a sloppy edit - more than 4 times phrases had a few words simply repeated entirely (sequence of words, not one word repeated alongside each other). And also a few sentences that started with small caps.
Not grave mistakes, okay. But the next one ...
But the worst part was that at the end of chapter 8, which was told from detective Sam's perspective, he rescues Scout from the kidnappers, and hand him over to Maggie; while, at the beginning of chapter 9, which was told from Maggie's perspective, she herself finds Scout dumped near a dumpster.
This is unforgiving.
November 15, 2025
A lost beagle.
A body on the cliffs.
More small-town secrets than shells on the beach.
Stopping in a small town on the way to her grandma's farm. She finds a lost beagle that takes her to a dead body. The officer and her kind of hit it off. Secrets are found out about people in the small town. This was a cute mystery story.
I received an ARC copy of this ebook.
A body on the cliffs.
More small-town secrets than shells on the beach.
Stopping in a small town on the way to her grandma's farm. She finds a lost beagle that takes her to a dead body. The officer and her kind of hit it off. Secrets are found out about people in the small town. This was a cute mystery story.
I received an ARC copy of this ebook.
October 27, 2025
Maggie stops in Crestview Cove, on her way to her Grandmother's farm. And is lead to a dead body on the beach by a stray dog. How is she going to solve the murder, protect herself and this newly found dog? In this new town where she doesn't know the players?
November 29, 2025
Short, cozy murder mystery where Scout (a rescue beagle) is the real sleuth, and plays an essential part in solving the crime.
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