A murder, a pirate legend, a fortune in disputed land.

Abby St. James came to Cape Cod from New York City to inherit her aunt Tish's bookshop, not a murder investigation.
But when the most disliked man in Whydah's Landing, Sebastian Bellacourt, turns up dead before she's even unpacked, Abby starts asking questions. It's a habit she can't switch off.

Captain, her one-eyed cat, isn't surprised.

Everyone knows everything and nobody forgets anything in this harbor town. They loved Tish. Trusting her niece is a different story.

Eben Cahoon, the gruff harbor oysterman, had a very public falling-out with Bellacourt. Lizzie Hallett, in town using a false name, was seen arguing with him days before his death. Artist Finn Gallagher was the last to see Bellacourt alive, and his charm is a complication she doesn’t need right now.

If Abby doesn't solve this before the killer decides she knows too much, Whydah's Landing will have a second body on its hands.