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Death by Soft Serve

(2026)
(A book in the Lena Merritt Cozy Mystery series)
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A quiet seaside town. A walk-in freezer. One body that melts all the alibis.

Lena Merritt came to Sea Star to run a charming inn. Not untangle murders.

When Sonny Graham turns up dead in his own walk-in freezer, Lena's quiet life melts faster than a soft serve in July.

She isn’t alone. Dot runs a color-coded Intelligence File and a gossip network faster than the police. Whiskers the cat finds what everyone else misses. Together, they’re already in too deep to stop.

Suspects stack up. A journalist with a fake name. Charming. Vague. Hiding something.
A councilman trapped under Sonny’s thumb for months. Desperate men do desperate things.


Everyone is lying. Everyone is hiding something.

The real killer knows Lena is getting closer. The wrong move won’t just cost her the case. It will cost her everything.

In this town, the only thing colder than the ice cream is the killer.


Genre: Mystery

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