Revenge at the Retreat
(2026)(The fourth book in the Emerson Fox Mystery series)
A novel by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
Emerson Fox knows better than to trust reality TV. When an ambitious producer pitches Sharp Island as the perfect backdrop for his couples' retreat show, Emmy hesitates-events on the island have a nasty habit of ending in murder. But the publicity could boost the upcoming summer tourist season, and the producer promises everything will be fun, therapeutic, and squeaky clean. He's even hired renowned relationship guru Dr. Melinda Showell to keep things on track.
Then the contestants arrive: a volatile mix of exes with unfinished business, including Emmy's jilted ex-fiancé. Dr. Showell's brutal "counseling sessions" drag painful secrets into the open-including what Emmy's boyfriend, Detective Pierce Hamilton, has been hiding from her. When the therapist pronounces their relationship dead on arrival, Emmy's humiliated. When Dr. Showell turns up actually dead, Emmy's investigating.
With an island full of couples nursing grudges and keeping secrets, the suspect list is as tangled as the relationships themselves. Now Emmy must solve a murder, save the show, and figure out if her romance with Pierce can survive-all while dodging the man she left at the altar. But the killer is watching, and Emmy's getting close to a past that was meant to stay buried.
Can she unravel the truth hidden in Dr. Showell's unorthodox therapy sessions before she becomes the next victim?
Genre: Mystery
Then the contestants arrive: a volatile mix of exes with unfinished business, including Emmy's jilted ex-fiancé. Dr. Showell's brutal "counseling sessions" drag painful secrets into the open-including what Emmy's boyfriend, Detective Pierce Hamilton, has been hiding from her. When the therapist pronounces their relationship dead on arrival, Emmy's humiliated. When Dr. Showell turns up actually dead, Emmy's investigating.
With an island full of couples nursing grudges and keeping secrets, the suspect list is as tangled as the relationships themselves. Now Emmy must solve a murder, save the show, and figure out if her romance with Pierce can survive-all while dodging the man she left at the altar. But the killer is watching, and Emmy's getting close to a past that was meant to stay buried.
Can she unravel the truth hidden in Dr. Showell's unorthodox therapy sessions before she becomes the next victim?
Genre: Mystery