Lighthouse Mystery

A late-September storm wreaks havoc along the Pacific coast of California. Homer Elias Annapolis a retired lighthouse keeper who now works as a tour guide at the old lighthouse at Loma Point in San Diego discovers a scuttled scow washed ashore. To his horror a dead body lies in the hull. After extricating the corpse and running post mortem tests San Diego Police Commander Shepherd identifies the body as Juliana A. D. Knecht a thirty-four-year-old woman who is well into her second trimester of pregnancy. The coroners report stipulates that Juliana died from a dose of cyanide. An empty vial firmly clutched in her right fist shows residue of the poison. Is it suicide? Perhaps but a mysterious note found inside a pouch attached to Julianas waist leads Shepherd to believe otherwise.But who has a motive? Perhaps it is the boyfriend who taught her to sail. Or maybe it is his father Horatio Alvis III a known philanderer and ladies man in the community. Julianas mother Arabella Davos Knecht will not rest until she exacts revenge--even if that means doing so on all known suspects whether innocent or guilty.