{"product_id":"murder-by-the-seaside-julie-anne-lindsey-patience-price-1","title":"Murder by the Seaside * Julie Anne Lindsey * Patience Price #1","description":"\u003cp\u003eForced to return to her sleepy Georgia home island after her life in the city implodes, an eccentric counselor gets a harsh welcome back when a dead body surfaces right on her property, making her the primary suspect in a high-stakes seaside murder investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Story: Written by prominent, award-winning cozy mystery author Julie Anne Lindsey, this high-energy debut novel transforms a picturesque Southern coastal town into an exceptionally sharp, fast-paced puzzle box .Lindsey masterfully balances a quirky coastal atmosphere with genuine, small-town danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plot centers on Patience Price, an intuitive counselor who believes she is constructing a low-profile lifestyle recovery plan when she packs up her things and moves back to Chincoteague Island, Georgia. Her quiet sanctuary permanently fractures when an unappealing local contractor turns up dead right on her property. The timeline hits a highly volatile crisis point when the suspicious local sheriff zeroes in on Patience as his prime target, forcing her to launch her own counter-campaign to find the real killer.Rather than letting the tide take her away, the story builds excellent drawing-room tension as Patience sifts through a massive suspect pool of eccentric island characters, long-time family rivals, and old flames. Moving smoothly through sun-drenched docks, misty salt marshes, and chaotic community gatherings, the plot weaves sharp Southern humor with classic whodunit logic to keep readers guessing until the final shoreline reveal. This charming mystery serves as an essential showpiece for coastal cozy shelves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: Devotees of traditional, fast-reading coastal cozy mysteries and amateur sleuth stories with a strong-willed female lead like the works of Mary Kay Andrews, Tonya Kappes, or Hope Callaghan; readers looking to embark on a fun, multi-volume tracking loop through Patience Price’s seaside adventures; and fiction lovers who appreciate atmospheric island settings and witty family dramas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished 2022 by Cozy Queen Publishing LLC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCozy Mysteries \/ Island \u0026amp; Coastal Whodunits \/ Amateur Female Sleuths \/ Small-Town Georgia Crime Fiction \/ Series Premieres\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DWT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67596018909427,"sku":"202609280010","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/5722\/7507\/files\/1000017057.jpg?v=1790634855","url":"https:\/\/purpleslothmedia.com\/products\/murder-by-the-seaside-julie-anne-lindsey-patience-price-1","provider":"Purple Sloth Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}