Seaside Secrets & Coastal Corpses | Coastal Mysteries

Seaside Secrets & Coastal Corpses

Salt air, festivals, and a shoreline that never keeps quiet.

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The ocean doesn’t erase secrets—it preserves them. Coastal towns smile, wave, and keep moving while the truth drifts under the surface. This shelf is for beach-town cozies and resort mysteries where the view is gorgeous… and the motives are sharper than a broken shell.

Coastal mysteries work because everyone has an excuse. Tourists arrive to reinvent themselves. Locals master the art of “we don’t talk about that.” And the salt air? It makes suspicion feel almost romantic—until a body appears.

Murder with a Side of Seagull — Tracy Auten

A Bird-and-Book festival turns fatal when the town’s least-liked birdwatcher is found dead on the bluff. Junie, Flo, and a parrot with terrible timing dig into secrets hidden under feathers and files.

Read → Murder with a Side of Seagull (KU)

seaside festival · librarian sleuth · parrot sidekick · coastal cozy

Murder And The Wishing Well — J. J. Joseph

A seaside wedding venue spirals when a Goldendoodle leads Ally to a body in the old stone well. Reputation, romance, and survival collide as the killer shadows her next steps.

Read → Murder And The Wishing Well (KU)

wedding venue cozy · body in a well · dog sidekick · small-town suspicion

Murder Under the Festival Lights — Kara Post

A retired librarian arrives for peace and finds fireworks, a dead attorney, and a best friend under suspicion. With Duke the dog and cryptic journals, Amelia hunts truth through family secrets.

Read → Murder Under the Festival Lights (KU)

festival murder · librarian sleuth · dog detective · coastal small-town secrets

Abducted in Paradise — Audrey West

An island resort tries to bury a death to protect the ultra-rich—until FBI Agent Claire Adams uncovers vanishings, erased staff records, and a network built to silence anyone who asks questions.

Read → Abducted in Paradise (KU)

resort thriller · FBI investigation · hidden tunnels · conspiracy on the coast

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Stay curious, stay aware — the prettiest view is often the best cover. 

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Penelope McGrath