Sea-Devil: A Delilah Duffy Mystery - Tapa blanda

Tired of cookie-cutter detectives with perfect hair and no real problems?

Meet Delilah Duffy, the new girl on the murder mystery/romantic suspense block. She’s no stranger to solving mysteries in books, but real murders aren’t so cozy.

Delilah loves and dreams BIG. Thing is, she’s working against BIG PROBLEMS. High anxiety. A regretful past. A feuding family. No money. Zero self-confidence. Oh, and a murder.

When Delilah moves to Tipee Island, North Carolina to reopen her great aunt’s abandoned bookstore, she expects to fall into the peaceful folds of a beach town. Wrong. Delilah Duffy doesn’t have a hot minute to settle into her new life before the haters come out to play. Most of them belong to her own family, but she somehow loves them anyway.

Her Christian world view helps (it is the South y’all), but she’s not judgy, preachy, or uptight. She uses swear words just as often as Bible verses. She also enjoys long walks on the beach (with beers in her pockets). How else is she going to think through her issues?

For all her battles, Delilah’s a fighter. She scrounges together what’s left of her damaged self-esteem and puny resources (mostly her wit and nerdiness) to battle against police allegations, family drama, and a killer. When mayhem turns to murder, it’s not just her bookstore she’s trying to save, but her life.

You never get over your first love. How about your first murder? Tipee Island isn’t just a beachy cool vacation spot, but the perfect place to start over. Gutsy, but error-prone, Delilah Duffy returns to the island she loved as a child and hopes to reinvent herself as manager of Beach Read Books. But, disappearing into the anonymous folds of a tourist town isn’t easy. Her arrival in Tipee Island sets off a string of disturbing acts of vandalism. The message is clear - everyone wants to see her fail, even members of her own family. When a man is murdered in her bookstore the night before her grand opening, Delilah tops the short list of suspects. The evidence mounts along with the ill-will of islanders who don’t want her there in the first place. If Delilah Duffy has a shot at the beach life, she must navigate a vicious family feud, outrun a dark past, and uncover the truth. It’s not only her business, but her very life that’s in danger.