Sweet on the Rocks

About Sweet on the Rocks

The point lighthouse has stood dark for decades, and all of Honeysuckle Harbor turns out to watch it lit again — Hazel Brennan among them, close enough to feel the first cold breath of the nor'easter rolling in off the water. It should have been the town's proudest night. Instead, the beloved maritime historian who spent years bringing the old light back to life is found at the foot of the tower, and what looks at first like a heartbreaking accident begins to feel like something far more deliberate — especially once Hazel learns that the gallery door at the very top locks only from the inside. Everyone loved Thea Crane, which is exactly what makes her death so hard to explain — and what makes Hazel, taffy-puller and reluctant sleuth, unable to let the official story stand. Between batches of sea-salt fudge and mugs of cocoa for a shaken town, she follows a trail that leads straight into her own family's past and a secret her great-aunt Pearl kept for fifty years. With Frankie, Mia, and a certain patient county detective at her side — and a storm-battered town watching to see whether some truths are better left buried — Hazel must decide what she'll do when keeping the peace and keeping quiet turn out not to be the same thing at all. Warm, clever, and full of heart, it's a cozy mystery with a lighthouse's worth of secrets