The Pirate Festival Killing
(2026)(The sixth book in the Paisley Penrose Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Cheryl Marlow
Costumes, cannon fire, and a dead body that wasn’t part of the performance…
When the Sand Key Shores Pirate Festival takes over the harbor, inn owner Paisley Penrose expects smooth sailing. After all, she was the one who recommended the visiting pirate troupe.
She does not expect to find one of them dead inside the brig after a routine staged arrest.
The victim, Daniel Brooks, had only just joined the troupe—but he was already making waves. He clashed with the irascible dockmaster, Gavin Rourke, and sought out openly critical historian Everett Pierce, whose interest in pirate lore and ship manifests seemed to run deeper than curiosity.
With her reputation and the festival on the line, Paisley, her sharp-nosed Labradoodle, Noodle, and her quirky crew of friends start digging into a mystery no one wants uncovered.
Because this was no performance gone wrong.
And if Paisley steps too close to the truth, she may not make it off the ship alive.
Genre: Mystery
When the Sand Key Shores Pirate Festival takes over the harbor, inn owner Paisley Penrose expects smooth sailing. After all, she was the one who recommended the visiting pirate troupe.
She does not expect to find one of them dead inside the brig after a routine staged arrest.
The victim, Daniel Brooks, had only just joined the troupe—but he was already making waves. He clashed with the irascible dockmaster, Gavin Rourke, and sought out openly critical historian Everett Pierce, whose interest in pirate lore and ship manifests seemed to run deeper than curiosity.
With her reputation and the festival on the line, Paisley, her sharp-nosed Labradoodle, Noodle, and her quirky crew of friends start digging into a mystery no one wants uncovered.
Because this was no performance gone wrong.
And if Paisley steps too close to the truth, she may not make it off the ship alive.
Genre: Mystery
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