A harbor official is found floating beside Blackwater Pier hours after a secret meeting, and someone in Greystone Harbor wants the death buried fast.
Harbor Nights was supposed to bring glowing boat tours, packed cafés, and summer crowds to the waterfront. Instead, the festival opens with murder.
Most people think Victor Harlan made plenty of enemies before he died. The harbor liaison was controlling, unpopular, and locked in a bitter fight over the marina expansion. But café owner Sloane Harper cannot forget what she saw the night before, two shadowed figures arguing at the exact stretch of railing where Victor was found.
Then Bailey, Sloane's loyal labradoodle, reacts to the scene like she's uncovered a clue no one else noticed.
Anonymous warnings soon arrive at the Blue Lantern Café. A harbor captain with a public grudge looks guilty. So does the charming businessman quietly buying influence along the waterfront.
Every clue pulls Sloane closer to a secret someone will kill to protect.