by Bessie Barr
Pelican Shores is thrilled to be this year’s host for the Seaward Turtle And Rescue charity. It's STAR Convention time!
There are sea turtles to rescue and funds to raise. Local potter, Finn Dockrey, and her best friend, Birdie, have sleeves rolled up. It's free community pottery classes, homemade cherry hand pies, and cinnamon rolls. Smiles and sunshine all around — until a severed human arm is found in the beachside trash bin.
The tide turns in the town as the cheer turns to dread.
And now, the quaint beach town is teeming with more than just turtle lovers. It’s full of secrets –– and suspects.
Oil tycoons. Glittering philanthropists. Retired gangsters. They slip between silent auction tables and into the town’s web of underground bars and secret rooms.
All the while detective Pace Stringfellow maintains his focus. He knows that where there’s an arm, there’s also a body. And a killer.
He insists that Finn, Birdie and their fur friends, Beau and Queen Bean steer clear.
More body parts begin to surface. And Finn and Birdie find themselves pulled into the investigation.
The convention is in full swing and a killer still at large. Will the duo piece together the truth before someone else washes up, dead?