Rough Water
Tidewater Marina, Caldmere
Someone has been making life very difficult for Vera Solano, 74, who has lived aboard her ketch at Dock 7 for eleven years — and three suspects have reason to want her gone.
Everyone has something to hide.
Twenty-six years on the force, twelve as chief, and Ray is tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Protective of his department, skeptical of outsiders.
39. Former competitive sailor, shoulder injury at 26 ended his racing career. Athletic, political, adaptable. Charming but calculating. The smile doesn't always reach his eyes.
27. Nonbinary. Reserved, precise, dry. Came to Caldmere to disappear. Manages the library's digital catalog, security cameras, and alarm system — quietly overqualified for a small-town library.
Can you name the culprit?
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Caldmere, Maine.
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