Another day, another body. Bluebird Island is really not what the brochure promised.

Chloe Scott moved to Bluebird Island for the quiet life. Sun, sea, and a fresh start for her and her daughter. What she got was a front-row seat to another murder. Again.

When Zoe’s new teacher, Miss Jacqueline Root, is spotted trembling in the clutches of a mysterious stranger outside the school gates, Chloe’s instincts go into overdrive. She knows fear when she sees it. She also knows trouble. And on Bluebird Island, the two tend to arrive together.

Sure enough, by morning, Dayton has pulled a body from the inlet — dark-haired, unidentified, and very much dead. One look at him and Chloe’s stomach drops. It’s the same man.

Now she and Dayton are neck-deep in a mystery with no witnesses, no motive, and a sweet little schoolteacher who is clearly hiding something — but seems far too terrified to be dangerous. Or is that exactly what someone wants them to think?

Bluebird Island may look like paradise. But paradise, it turns out, has a very dark tide.

Cosy, clever, and completely unputdownable — grab your Piña colada and clear your schedule.