Scoops & Secrets

A Fourth of July festival. A missing siren. A body beneath the lighthouse.

Wave Sanderson knows the ocean.

She runs Drift & Scoop on the Pelican Bay boardwalk, tracks tides in her head, and trusts patterns more than people. So when the annual fireworks test siren doesn't sound on the night of the Fourth, she knows something is wrong.

Minutes later, the fireworks coordinator is found dead at the base of the lighthouse.

Authorities call it an accident.

Wave isn't convinced.

Because before he died, Harlan Briggs adjusted the launch window. He studied offshore coordinates no one else noticed. And he carried something in his pocket he hadn't reported.

As festival politics unravel and a controversial waterfront development divides the town, Wave begins to suspect the truth isn't buried in the sky above the fireworks...

It's hidden in the water below.

Now she must follow the tide charts, decode what Briggs discovered offshore, and uncover what someone in Pelican Bay would kill to keep submerged.

Perfect for fans of coastal cozy mysteries, smart female sleuths, and layered small-town intrigue.

In Pelican Bay, the tide always comes back.

The truth does too.

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