Summer, 1978. Jake Horn came to Maine for a weekend with his daughter—not another body. Emily heads back to college in New Hampshire in a few days, and Jake’s determined to make this time count. After months apart, he’s finally got her to himself. No cases. No ghosts. Just a quiet beach town and a chance to be the father he’s been trying to be since his wife was murdered. Then an early morning jog along Goose Rocks Beach ends with a corpse in the sand. Within twenty-four hours, the local cops arrest the brother of a prominent restaurateur. Case closed. Except Jake’s seen enough frame jobs to know one when he smells it—and it’s not just the low tide that reeks. The evidence is damning. The suspect has no alibi. And every powerful voice in town wants the Boston PI out of their business. But when threats turn serious and his daughter’s safety hangs in the balance, walking away isn’t an option. The deeper Jake digs, the more tangled it gets. And in a small town where everyone knows everyone, protecting Emily might mean becoming the very thing this quiet beach town fears most.