Deep and Deadly Secrets
(2026)(The fourth book in the Blue Water Mystery series)
A novel by Ivanka Fear
A remote estate set on a cliff, a major storm, murder, and a houseful of suspects harboring secrets…
It was supposed to be the perfect summer beach wedding—except the guests find themselves trapped in someone’s twisted murder mystery game.
When Olivia Walker’s family and friends gather at her lakeside B&B for her daughter Twyla’s big event, the bride goes missing, and a body turns up on the rocky shore. Mystery author and high school teacher, Ivy Rose, is Olivia’s best friend and a woman with a dark past, living under an assumed identity. Fearing she will be exposed, Ivy conceals crucial evidence.
As Detective Alex Reed investigates and the clues point to Ivy as a suspect, she claims she is being framed. When another body is found in the pool, and a storm traps everyone at the estate, Alex uncovers family secrets and finds that there are several people with a possible motive for murder. However, it becomes increasingly evident that Ivy can''t be trusted. Is she really being framed or is she a cold-blooded murderer masquerading as a mild-mannered teacher?
I know who you are. I know what you did.
Someone among them knows the truth about Ivy. She must decide whether to risk having her dark secrets revealed by coming forward with information damaging to herself before more victims surface—possibly the pregnant bride herself. There’s no happily ever after. This is one wedding the guests will be lucky to survive.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
It was supposed to be the perfect summer beach wedding—except the guests find themselves trapped in someone’s twisted murder mystery game.
When Olivia Walker’s family and friends gather at her lakeside B&B for her daughter Twyla’s big event, the bride goes missing, and a body turns up on the rocky shore. Mystery author and high school teacher, Ivy Rose, is Olivia’s best friend and a woman with a dark past, living under an assumed identity. Fearing she will be exposed, Ivy conceals crucial evidence.
As Detective Alex Reed investigates and the clues point to Ivy as a suspect, she claims she is being framed. When another body is found in the pool, and a storm traps everyone at the estate, Alex uncovers family secrets and finds that there are several people with a possible motive for murder. However, it becomes increasingly evident that Ivy can''t be trusted. Is she really being framed or is she a cold-blooded murderer masquerading as a mild-mannered teacher?
I know who you are. I know what you did.
Someone among them knows the truth about Ivy. She must decide whether to risk having her dark secrets revealed by coming forward with information damaging to herself before more victims surface—possibly the pregnant bride herself. There’s no happily ever after. This is one wedding the guests will be lucky to survive.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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