Clam wake

Judith McMonigle Flynn, who runs Hillside Manor, is feeling low after the holidays have ended and her guest rooms sit mostly empty. She accepts an offer to watch over her aunt and uncle's retirement home on Whoopee Island, bringing along her cousin Renie. A quiet winter among retirees seems like just what she needs.

The calm doesn't last. Soon a body turns up nearby, and the cousins are shocked to learn that the victim did not die of natural causes but was stabbed. Because they are the obvious suspects, Judith and Renie feel they have no choice but to investigate on their own, in part to clear their names.

The more they uncover, the stranger the case becomes. Everyone seems to agree the victim had no enemies, apart from the person who killed them. Among the eccentric residents of Obsession Shores, the cousins find that a peaceful retirement community can hide dangerous secrets.