Lights in the Water

Lights in the Water is a cozy mystery set in Willow Cove, a quaint coastal town where librarian Clara Tate becomes an unlikely sleuth after her friend Marina Wells is murdered, her body found on the cove's rocks with telltale bruises. Driven by grief and resolve, Clara uncovers Marina's obsession with a glowing unidentified submerged object (USO), revealed as a 1930s sonar prototype, Beacon's Pulse, tied to the sunken Sea Sparrow and a smuggling legacy guarded by the Pierce family. As Clara decodes Marina's journal, sketches, and notes, she faces threatening notes-Leave the lights alone and Stop now, or drown in the light-a library break-in, and a mysterious stranger whose locket and map hint at a broader conspiracy. With Roland Pierce's confession to Marina's murder, secured through Clara's clever lighthouse lure, and his subsequent arrest, justice seems near, but the stranger's escape and a hidden code in the locket point to unresolved secrets. Joined by Tess, Maggie, Lila, Jonah, and a vibrant cast of Willow Cove locals, Clara vows to track the stranger and honor Marina at a candlelit harbor memorial, where whispers of lingering mysteries set the stage for a sequel.