The Last Boat Out

On Havener Island, everyone knows the water. Thats why Emory Trasks drowning doesnt make sense.

When the stubborn old lobsterman is found beneath the ledges he has known all his life, the authorities call it an accident. The island is ready to grieve and move on.

Stell Havener isnt.

Two days before his death, Emory came into her general store and bought enough groceries to carry him well into winter—including a few things he never bought for himself. A man planning to die doesnt usually stock his pantry.

Then Lin Stanley, captain of the island mail boat, notices something else. Emorys skiff has been tied with a knot he never used. And the tide could not have left his body where it was found.

What begins as a handful of small inconsistencies draws the two women into the private workings of their tiny island: old grudges, threatened fishing grounds, a valuable stretch of waterfront, and neighbors whose secrets have been protected by familiarity for decades.

On Havener Island, there are no strangers to blame.

And if Emorys death wasnt an accident, the killer is someone they see every day.

The Last Boat Out is the first Havener Island Mystery, an atmospheric coastal mystery about community, loyalty, secrets, and two observant women who know their island well enough to recognize when something is wrong.