Deadman's Float

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>USA Today</em> bestselling author Christy Barritt takes readers to the mysterious quirky island of Lantern Beach North Carolina in this charming cozy series!</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>It all started with a runaway dog.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Meet Serena Lavinia: part-time ice cream truck driver part-time reporter and full-time woman of mystery. She never expected to find a cute little terrier while on her morning ice cream route on the island of Lantern Beach.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nor did she expect the dog to be carrying a bloody shoe.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When a dead body is discovered floating in a nearby pool Serena becomes fully immersed in her very own who-done-it. But her investigation hits a snag when a new foe arrives in town. Webster Newsome has been appointed the town's new newspaper editor-a job Serena wanted-and the man is entirely too bossy.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As it becomes clear that Serena's dog is somehow tied with the crime Serena knows she must find the killer. She'll take on whatever persona necessary to ensure answers are found even if it means becoming Sherlock . . . Sherlock Cones.</span></p>