Murder Most Wild

A hidden journal. A haunted bracelet. A cat with a nose for danger. And a lighthouse murder that won’t stay quiet…

Back on Maine’s rugged coast, artist Emily Harper is settling into her creaky home and its secret-stuffed attic when she uncovers a trove of nautical curios—an old compass, a spyglass, a locket-etched map, even a sextant—that hint at a legend entwined with her family’s past. The bracelet on her wrist doesn’t help her sleep—it pulls her into dizzying flashes of elsewhere, the kind that feel too true to ignore.

When a body turns up at Owl’s Head Lighthouse, Emily’s visions sharpen, pointing to a ciphered journal and a treasure someone would kill to keep buried. With Bill and Martha at her side and Grayson—their fearless feline scout—always one paw ahead, she follows clues from Machiasport’s shores to storm-carved cliffs, decoding a Vigenère that may unlock the truth…or paint a target on her back.

As secrets shift beneath the tides and a killer circles closer, Emily must trust her unsettling gift and the cat who keeps finding the way out—before the next vision is her last.

Fans of Ellery Adams and Carolyn Hart will love this twisty, atmospheric paranormal cozy mystery brimming with coastal charm, coded clues, and a heroine who refuses to back down—no matter how haunted the path becomes.