In Blue Heron Bay, even healing can hide something deadly.
One month after opening Star’s Landing café, former therapist Molly McBeal is finally settling into the peaceful life she fought for—crafting perfect espresso, serving quirky regulars, and relying on her intuitive Mini Aussiedoodle, Star, to keep her grounded. Then a desperate woman interrupts Molly’s grand opening with a plea: her sister Jennifer didn’t take her own life two years ago. She was silenced.
Molly once promised to ‘look into it’ and failed. This time, she won’t look away.
Jennifer’s obsessive ex-boyfriend had motive. A resentful gallery owner stood to lose everything. Even a landlord quietly profited from her death. Yet each suspect clears, and the pattern only grows stranger.
Meanwhile, café regulars begin confessing unsettling feelings after private conversations with someone they trust.
As Molly follows the thread, she realizes the threat isn’t buried in the past—it’s woven into her community.
If she exposes the truth too late, another life will be lost.
Genre: Mystery
One month after opening Star’s Landing café, former therapist Molly McBeal is finally settling into the peaceful life she fought for—crafting perfect espresso, serving quirky regulars, and relying on her intuitive Mini Aussiedoodle, Star, to keep her grounded. Then a desperate woman interrupts Molly’s grand opening with a plea: her sister Jennifer didn’t take her own life two years ago. She was silenced.
Molly once promised to ‘look into it’ and failed. This time, she won’t look away.
Jennifer’s obsessive ex-boyfriend had motive. A resentful gallery owner stood to lose everything. Even a landlord quietly profited from her death. Yet each suspect clears, and the pattern only grows stranger.
Meanwhile, café regulars begin confessing unsettling feelings after private conversations with someone they trust.
As Molly follows the thread, she realizes the threat isn’t buried in the past—it’s woven into her community.
If she exposes the truth too late, another life will be lost.
Genre: Mystery
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