Murder at Beacon Brew: A Coastal Cat Café Mystery

By C D Royal

When a down-on-her-luck Marlow Bennett inherits a crumbling lighthouse and its boarded up caf from her mysterious great aunt that she barely knew, she hopes it's the 'fresh start' she desperately needs. But Saltwick Cove, a postcard-perfect seaside town of clam bakes and salty gossip has other plans.
On her first stormy night in the lighthouse, Marlow discovers the body of the town's sharp-tongued librarian, clutching a napkin scribbled with coordinates and a warning in her great aunt's handwriting. Suddenly, Marlow is thrust into a deadly game of coastal secrets, where everyone from the slick mayor eyeing her land to the brooding marine biologist restoring oyster beds seems to be hiding something.
With only her two mischievous rescue cats, Mocha, a judgmental tabby and Latt , a kleptomaniac Siamese as her sleuthing partners, Marlow uncovers a trail of clues tied to a decades-old smuggling ring, a forbidden WWII romance and a treasure that could sink the town's darkest legends. But as she digs deeper, she realizes that her aunt's 'accidental' death was anything but...and the killer is watching.
To survive, Marlow must brew more than just coffee. She'll need to untangle small-town lies, outsmart a shadowy enemy and decide who she can trust, before the tide turns against her for good.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DZP9PNCZ
• ISBN13: 9798313241142
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"