Tides and Treachery at Palmetto Shores
(2026)(The fifth book in the Glamping & Gunner Mystery series)
A Story by Rachel Darrishaw
Palmetto Shores is unlike any property Danell White has ever reviewed — six floating cabins on a tidal estuary in the South Carolina Lowcountry, rising and falling with the current, connected by boardwalks that move with the marsh. The setting is breathtaking: ospreys overhead, dolphins in the channel, and the particular magic of a coastal ecosystem coming alive in early March. But when a respected marine researcher is found dead after an apparent kayaking accident, Danell senses that the tides at Palmetto Shores are hiding more than pluff mud.
Nothing about the accident adds up. The victim was meticulous, experienced, and never careless with his equipment — yet his kayak was missing its drain plug, his life vest was still on its hook, and there's an injury that doesn't match a man who simply capsized. As Danell works alongside a methodical local deputy, she finds herself untangling a web of falsified data, family obligation, and the impossible choices people make when protecting someone they love means betraying everything they believe in. And the most important evidence in the case may have been recorded by a guest who wasn't looking for a killer at all — she was watching birds.
Set in the hauntingly beautiful Lowcountry marshes, Tides and Treachery at Palmetto Shores is the fifth book in the Glamping & Gunner Mystery Series. With its unforgettable setting, a mystery that rewards every careful reader, and Shotgun the pug in fine supervisory form, this is a cozy mystery that will keep you turning pages long past the tide change.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Nothing about the accident adds up. The victim was meticulous, experienced, and never careless with his equipment — yet his kayak was missing its drain plug, his life vest was still on its hook, and there's an injury that doesn't match a man who simply capsized. As Danell works alongside a methodical local deputy, she finds herself untangling a web of falsified data, family obligation, and the impossible choices people make when protecting someone they love means betraying everything they believe in. And the most important evidence in the case may have been recorded by a guest who wasn't looking for a killer at all — she was watching birds.
Set in the hauntingly beautiful Lowcountry marshes, Tides and Treachery at Palmetto Shores is the fifth book in the Glamping & Gunner Mystery Series. With its unforgettable setting, a mystery that rewards every careful reader, and Shotgun the pug in fine supervisory form, this is a cozy mystery that will keep you turning pages long past the tide change.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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