The New York Times bestselling author of Lethal
Letters returns to the North Carolina Coast, where
aspiring novelist and amateur sleuth Olivia Limoges
discovers crime doesn’t take a vacation . . . After Olivia and Chief Rawlings enjoy a
brief honeymoon on Palmetto Island, they’re joined by the
rest of the Bayside Book Writers for the Coastal Carolina
Crime Festival. The festival’s highlight is Silas Black,
celebrity screenwriter and television producer, who is
currently working on a popular television show in North
Carolina.
As the festival gets under way, a
trickster seems to be bringing famous local ghost stories to
life. But when the body of a woman close to Black is found
on the beach, Olivia and her friends must deduce who on the
island could resort to murder—before the sands of time run
out for someone else…