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Murder on Hilton Head Island
A Beach Vacation, a B&B Inheritance… and a Body Scout Couldn’t Ignore.
Blakely Monroe, number-crunching city accountant and reluctant future innkeeper, only agreed to a Hilton Head Island getaway because her cheerful (and extremely chatty) coworker Marnie Tolliver insisted. But their toes barely hit the sand before Marnie’s dog, Scout, sniffs out a corpse... and suddenly their beach escape becomes a crime scene.
The dearly departed? Laurel real estate shark, serial heartbreaker, and local menace. The suspects? Colt Davis, the tattooed bartender. Ruth Beecham, a granny with a steely glare. And Vanessa Hoyle, the overly helpful vacation rental manager who’s drowning in debt.
Worse, Marnie’s argument with Laurel has her looking guiltier than a dog caught in the snack cabinet.
Now Blakely must trade spreadsheets for sleuthing, dodge red herrings, survive the Hilton Head gossip mill, and follow Scout’s nose. Marnie is being followed.
Blakely must solve the case before Marnie ends up in jail, or someone else ends up dead.
Blakely Monroe, number-crunching city accountant and reluctant future innkeeper, only agreed to a Hilton Head Island getaway because her cheerful (and extremely chatty) coworker Marnie Tolliver insisted. But their toes barely hit the sand before Marnie’s dog, Scout, sniffs out a corpse... and suddenly their beach escape becomes a crime scene.
The dearly departed? Laurel real estate shark, serial heartbreaker, and local menace. The suspects? Colt Davis, the tattooed bartender. Ruth Beecham, a granny with a steely glare. And Vanessa Hoyle, the overly helpful vacation rental manager who’s drowning in debt.
Worse, Marnie’s argument with Laurel has her looking guiltier than a dog caught in the snack cabinet.
Now Blakely must trade spreadsheets for sleuthing, dodge red herrings, survive the Hilton Head gossip mill, and follow Scout’s nose. Marnie is being followed.
Blakely must solve the case before Marnie ends up in jail, or someone else ends up dead.
55 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 4, 2025
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December 29, 2025
When you go to spend your vacation at some beach, and instead you stumble about a dead woman ... your vacation is not that much desired anymore, right ?
I liked how the character perspective changes from Blakely to Marnie, and how each one gathers some bits of clues about the murder they started to sleuth about. Thre were, though, some bits that remained unsolved (like when Blakely discovers that her friend, Marnie, skipped teling her about some particular fact she did, especially when it may worsen her in the situation of being suspect of killing that woman.
Ehh, probably just the small quircks of the starting point of Blakely "adventures" as sleuth.
I'm looking forward for her next adventures.
I liked how the character perspective changes from Blakely to Marnie, and how each one gathers some bits of clues about the murder they started to sleuth about. Thre were, though, some bits that remained unsolved (like when Blakely discovers that her friend, Marnie, skipped teling her about some particular fact she did, especially when it may worsen her in the situation of being suspect of killing that woman.
Ehh, probably just the small quircks of the starting point of Blakely "adventures" as sleuth.
I'm looking forward for her next adventures.
January 4, 2026
Great series!
I have enjoyed every book I read so far.
I have enjoyed every book I read so far.
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