When Viv Harrington's underwater photography kayak tour uncovers a sunken car with human remains in Lake Evergreen, the former meteorologist finds herself diving into a thirty-year-old mystery that's been hidden beneath the tranquil waters of Pinehaven Cove. As the small lakeside town prepares for its first-ever Homecoming Weekend celebrating local musicians, Viv and her intuitive chocolate Labrador, Scout, discover connections between the submerged vehicle and a famous music producer who left town decades ago. With Sheriff Morgan Patterson's cautious support and Scout's remarkable ability to sniff out clues, Viv navigates murky waters both literal and figurative.
The lakeside festival brings returning natives with suspiciously polished stories about the past, particularly regarding a talented young musician who supposedly left for Nashville thirty years ago but whose car now rests on the lake bottom. When the town's new tourism director shows unusual interest in the case and old demo tapes surface that could rewrite music history, tensions rise as quickly as the approaching summer storm. Viv must determine whether long-ago creative differences led to murder, and why someone would kill to keep certain songs from ever being heard.
As fog descends over Lake Evergreen and the festival performances begin, Viv realizes that someone among the homecoming visitors has been harboring deadly secrets for decades—and might be willing to kill again to protect them. With Scout's uncanny instincts, her own meteorological knowledge of lake currents and weather patterns, and growing feelings for Morgan complicating her investigation, Viv races against an approaching storm to uncover the truth before another voice is permanently silenced in the peaceful waters of Pinehaven Cove.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
The lakeside festival brings returning natives with suspiciously polished stories about the past, particularly regarding a talented young musician who supposedly left for Nashville thirty years ago but whose car now rests on the lake bottom. When the town's new tourism director shows unusual interest in the case and old demo tapes surface that could rewrite music history, tensions rise as quickly as the approaching summer storm. Viv must determine whether long-ago creative differences led to murder, and why someone would kill to keep certain songs from ever being heard.
As fog descends over Lake Evergreen and the festival performances begin, Viv realizes that someone among the homecoming visitors has been harboring deadly secrets for decades—and might be willing to kill again to protect them. With Scout's uncanny instincts, her own meteorological knowledge of lake currents and weather patterns, and growing feelings for Morgan complicating her investigation, Viv races against an approaching storm to uncover the truth before another voice is permanently silenced in the peaceful waters of Pinehaven Cove.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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