With Chicago winters in the rearview mirror, Chloe Jackson is making good on a promise: helping her late friendâs grandmother run the Sea Glass Saloon in the Florida Panhandle. To Chloeâs surprise, feisty Vivi Slidell isnât the frail retiree Chloe expectsânor is Emerald Cove. Itâs less a sleepy fishing village than a panhandle hotspot overrun with land developers and tourists. But itâs a Sea Glass regular whoâs mysteriously crossed the cranky Vivi. When their bitter argument comes to a head and heâs found dead behind the bar, guess whoâs the number one suspect?
In trying to clear Viviâs name, Chloe discovers the old woman isnât the only one in Emerald Cove with secrets. Under the laid-back attitude, sparkling-white beaches, and small-town ways, something terrible is brewing. And the sure way a killer can keep those secrets bottled up is to finish off one murder with a double shot: aimed at Chloe and Vivi.