Salt, secrets, and a killer sense of timing… Welcome to Gasper’s Cove, Nova Scotia—where beach clean‑ups turn up murder clues and the past won’t stay buried. When a message in a bottle dated 1962 surfaces near the abandoned lighthouse, shopkeeper and sewing teacher Valerie Rankin thinks it’s just small‑town gossip fodder—until a visiting lawyer falls to her death from the cliff and Valerie’s friend Catherine is arrested, with a quilting tool as key evidence. With a nosy ghost hunter, a secretive heritage officer, rum‑runner legends, and a town split over saving its lighthouse, Valerie must stitch together the truth before history—and someone dangerous—strikes again. Immerse yourself in a warm maritime town where crafting, community, and crime collide in the 8th book in the Gasper’s Cove Mysteries - Perfect for cozy mystery fans who enjoy character-driven stories, small-town secrets, and gentle suspense - A satisfying read for lovers of sewing, knitting, and craft-inspired mysteries Barbara Emodi is a published sewing author with 30+ years of experience as a sewing instructor. She has taught sewing classes in Australia, Canada, the United States, and online and has been a journalist, professor, and radio commentator in another life. Barbara sews, writes, and teaches in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. babsemodi.com