Murder at Brackish House
(2026)(The first book in the Tessa and Scout Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Pippa Fenwick
A historic house tour. A body in the showpiece room. A terrier who refuses to mind his own business.
Tessa Benett returns to Gull Harbor for her ailing aunt. She took the job at Brackish House to pay the bills—not to get tangled in a murder that could ruin her fresh start.
The storm-battered Victorian should be the star of the historic homes tour. Instead, Evelyn Wren, the powerful preservation chair, lies dead in the grandmother’s bedroom.
By sunset, the town has already chosen its villain.
But Tessa notices things others miss: shifted furniture, missing lace, and a room that lies. Scout, her scruffy black terrier, notices even more.
The tour approaches, and suspects pile up. A granddaughter who fought with the victim in public. A carpenter with no tears to shed. And every one of them is hiding something.
If Tessa can’t solve the mystery before the tour starts, the killer will vanish with the crowd.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Tessa Benett returns to Gull Harbor for her ailing aunt. She took the job at Brackish House to pay the bills—not to get tangled in a murder that could ruin her fresh start.
The storm-battered Victorian should be the star of the historic homes tour. Instead, Evelyn Wren, the powerful preservation chair, lies dead in the grandmother’s bedroom.
By sunset, the town has already chosen its villain.
But Tessa notices things others miss: shifted furniture, missing lace, and a room that lies. Scout, her scruffy black terrier, notices even more.
The tour approaches, and suspects pile up. A granddaughter who fought with the victim in public. A carpenter with no tears to shed. And every one of them is hiding something.
If Tessa can’t solve the mystery before the tour starts, the killer will vanish with the crowd.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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