Rich people. Dead bodies. And one woman who definitely did not pack for this.

Living in Maidenwell is like waking up inside a Harry Potter theme park-if Hogwarts had self-driving cars and an official village rule against filming it for TikTok.

Former market researcher (and current amateur sleuth) Gina Biletti has carved out a wonderful life in the village with her found family of friends, a cozy cottage of her own, and enough Earl Grey in her system to count as local.

But comfort has a short shelf life in Maidenwell-and Gina's next assignment takes her far from Oregon, to a mega-yacht slicing through the Mediterranean, packed with billionaires, influencers, and secrets.

The Chryseis is a floating palace of glass and gold-part tech wonder, part elite playground, currently sailing through disputed waters-and up for sale to the highest bidder.

When a shocking death derails the voyage-and the person Gina just slept with becomes the prime suspect-she finds herself trapped in a high-stakes web of surveillance, sabotage, and murder. Everyone aboard is hiding something. Including Gina.

As Gina digs into the mystery, she's also forced to confront a few truths of her own: about the patterns she can't seem to break, the risks she's finally willing to take, and the future she might actually want-if she makes it off the ship alive.

Wickedly glamorous and emotionally sharp, Slaying on the High Seas is a locked-room mystery for fans of The White Lotus, Knives Out, and heroines whose personal lives are as twisty as their cases.

File Under:

• Smart, Chaotic Female Sleuth
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Locked-Room Mystery at Sea
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Billionaires Behaving Badly
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Glamorous Tech Gone Wrong
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Vacation Vibes, Killer Consequences
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Women's Fiction with Murder