The Body on The Beach

By Perry Comer

The Body on The Beach
A Shannon Breen Mystery
The summer of 1955 is in full swing on the Grand Strand - the carousel turns, the tourists crowd Ocean Boulevard, and the Atlantic glitters like a postcard. But when a body washes up on the beach at Third Street South, Detective Shannon Breen of the Myrtle Beach Police discovers that paradise has a shadow side.
The dead man has no identification, no witnesses, and a bullet in his back. What he does have is a false name, a hidden packet of documents, and a very dangerous secret.
As Breen works the case beneath the blazing July sun - from the tourist homes and motor courts of the Strand to the courthouse basements of Georgetown and the mahogany-paneled offices of Columbia - the investigation reaches deeper and darker than any murder on the beach has a right to. There is a dead man who signed a deed the day after he died. An old Carolina family whose land someone wanted badly enough to kill for. A woman who knows more than she's told anyone. And somewhere in the crowd of sunburned vacationers and summer regulars, a shooter who is very good at disappearing.
With the help of a sharp young officer, a state investigator who has been watching from the shadows, and the kind of patient, bone-deep determination that great detective work requires, Breen begins to unravel a conspiracy that stretches from the Waccamaw River to the highest offices of South Carolina commerce.
In Myrtle Beach, the tides bring everything in eventually. The trick is being there when they do.
Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries with Southern atmosphere, mid-century settings, and detectives who believe the truth is worth finding - no matter where it leads.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GPNJ1SZ6
• ISBN13: 9798249306205
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"