Deborah Erdmann

Muriel Finch has never seen the value in pretending. She says what she means, notices what others overlook, and has little patience for anything that doesn't quite add up-no matter how uncomfortable that makes everyone else. So when something is wrong, she knows it immediately. When a prized regatta medallion vanishes without a trace from a locker at the Seaglass Cove Yacht Club, suspicion ripples through an otherwise respectable setting.
No broken locks. No obvious culprit. Just one small missing key-and far too many people with something to hide. Muriel knows better. As she moves through dockside whispers, guarded conversations, and a tide of carefully crafted alibis, she begins to unravel a truth someone has gone to great lengths to conceal. Because in a place built on reputation, scandal is far more dangerous than theft. And Muriel Finch intends to unlock both.