A retired librarian. A chatty orange cat. A murder in a charming seaside town full of secrets. After being fired from the library, 68-year-old Jim Butterfield decides to retire and move to Oceanview Cove to fulfill his late wife's dream of living near the ocean. But Jim never expects that he will end up in the center of a murder mystery instead of reading about one. On the second day after coming to the town, his neighbor is found dead, and Jim becomes the prime suspect. Together with Ginger, a cat with extraordinary sarcastic abilities, Jim must untangle a web of secrets and lies hidden behind Oceanview Cove's colorful facade to clear his name. Can this unlikely duo of amateur sleuths find the real killer before Jim becomes the next victim? The perfect cozy mystery for readers who enjoy: A retired librarian stumbling into sleuthing (sometimes literally)A sarcastic cat who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes (but acts like a teen)Mystery with a generous helping of humorHeart-warming moments and small town charmQuirky characters that will feel like old friends
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