Secrets in the Scones
(2026)(The second book in the Frankie Marlowe Mystery series)
A Story by Cathlyn Sweets
Secrets in the Scones
When you tear down old walls, don’t be surprised if you uncover buried secrets.
Frankie Marlowe thought turning her aunt’s café into Harbor Haven’s new community hub would be the easiest part of her return to small-town life. But when renovations at The Salty Scone reveal a sealed-off room—and a decades-old locket belonging to a missing local girl—Frankie finds herself in the middle of a cold case that someone is desperate to keep buried.
With her golden retriever sidekick Marmalade and ex-high-school-sweetheart-turned-maritime-historian Dean Whitaker reluctantly back at her side, Frankie digs into the 1976 disappearance of Eleanor Keating. The deeper she goes, the more tangled the truth becomes—spun from faded gossip, family secrets, and the dark undercurrent of Harbor Haven’s picture-perfect charm.
As someone from the past starts sabotaging the investigation, Frankie realizes the danger isn’t just historical. Someone alive knows exactly what happened to Eleanor—and they’ll do anything to keep it hidden.
In a town built on sugar, salt, and scandal, the truth might just be the most dangerous ingredient of all.
Genre: Mystery
When you tear down old walls, don’t be surprised if you uncover buried secrets.
Frankie Marlowe thought turning her aunt’s café into Harbor Haven’s new community hub would be the easiest part of her return to small-town life. But when renovations at The Salty Scone reveal a sealed-off room—and a decades-old locket belonging to a missing local girl—Frankie finds herself in the middle of a cold case that someone is desperate to keep buried.
With her golden retriever sidekick Marmalade and ex-high-school-sweetheart-turned-maritime-historian Dean Whitaker reluctantly back at her side, Frankie digs into the 1976 disappearance of Eleanor Keating. The deeper she goes, the more tangled the truth becomes—spun from faded gossip, family secrets, and the dark undercurrent of Harbor Haven’s picture-perfect charm.
As someone from the past starts sabotaging the investigation, Frankie realizes the danger isn’t just historical. Someone alive knows exactly what happened to Eleanor—and they’ll do anything to keep it hidden.
In a town built on sugar, salt, and scandal, the truth might just be the most dangerous ingredient of all.
Genre: Mystery
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