The Painted Lighthouse

Seabrook Cozy Mystery Series

When art conservator Chloe Harper is called to examine vandalized paintings of Seabrook's historic lighthouse, she expects a routine case of mindless destruction. Instead, she discovers the first thread in a century-ole mystery that will test her skills far beyond art restoration.

The lighthouse is being renovated by wealthy developer Marcus Parker, whose family has dominated Seabrook for generations. But when the vandalism reveals connections to Parker's great-grandfather and a mysterious mermaid lamp, Chloe realizes someone is desperately trying to either expose or protect secrets hidden within the lighthouse walls.

Joined by her faithful Bernese Mountain dog, Apollo, her best friend Fi, and the reluctant but intriguing Detective Ethan Callahan, Chloe follows a trail of clues through Seabrook's layered history. The investigation leads to Margaret Bennett Parker, an elderly woman with direct ties to the original lighthouse keeper's daughter and a story she's waited for decades to tell.

As Chloe uncovers evidence of forbidden romance, broken treaties, and family betrayal, she finds herself drawn deeper into Seabrook's complex past and closer to Detective Callahan. But powerful interests will stop at nothing to keep some secrets buried, and Chloe soon discovers that even a lighthouse's beam can cast dangerous shadows.

With time running out and the past colliding with the present, Chloe must decipher cryptic clues in a race to uncover the truth before history repeats its darkest chapter. In Seabrook, where the tide washes away footprints, but never secrets, Chloe will need all her skills to illuminate the past and chart a course toward justice.

The Painted Lighthouse is the second installment in the captivating Seabrook Cozy Mystery series, perfect for fans of atmospheric settings, historical secrets, and mysteries where the past is never truly buried.