🐚 SEASHELLS SHE SELLS

A Weird & Whacky Gumbo Malone Florida Mystery

🐚 SHE BUILT A MILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS FROM RARE FLORIDA SEASHELLS.

💰 NOW SOMEONE WANTS HER TO ADMIT THEY WERE NEVER REALLY HERS.

🕵️ AND THE PERSON BLACKMAILING HER KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE SHE GETS THEM.

Marlena Cross makes beautiful jewelry from some of the rarest seashells found along Florida's Gulf Coast.

Her Cedar Key shop is thriving.

Her junonia shell jewelry sells for thousands of dollars.

And she has twelve years of records proving exactly where her shells came from.

Then the threats begin.

First, an anonymous note:

Your shells aren't what you say they are. Pay or I tell the galleries.

Then comes a $15,000 demand.

Then anonymous accusations are sent to the galleries and magazines that sell and promote her work.

And then someone breaks into Shell & Salt.

But the thief doesn't take the cash.

They don't take the expensive jewelry.

They don't take the tools.

They take something much more valuable:

📍 Marlena's GPS device.

📁 Eight years of provenance records.

📸 Her harvest documentation.

Someone isn't trying to steal her jewelry.

Someone is trying to prove something.

That's when Marlena turns to Cedar Key private investigator Danny "Gumbo" Malone.

And Gumbo starts asking questions.

🕵️ Who knows where Marlena collects her shells?

💰 Who would pay to learn her harvesting schedule?

🔐 Who knew the alarm code?

💎 Why did a rival jeweler unknowingly buy genuine pieces connected to Marlena?

👤 Who is the mysterious man in the fishing hat?

⚓ And why has a retired marine biologist been living aboard a research vessel in the Cedar Key anchorage for four months?

The deeper Gumbo digs, the stranger the case becomes.

Because Graham Allard isn't just another suspect.

Twelve years earlier, the retired marine biologist discovered the rare junonia aggregation that made Marlena's career possible.

He showed her where it was.

He taught her how to find it.

And then he watched for twelve years as she turned his scientific discovery into a successful jewelry business.

Now he's back.

And he's been building a case.

Not just against Marlena...

But for his place in the history of the discovery.

🌴 SEASHELLS SHE SELLS is a character-driven Florida mystery packed with private investigator sleuthing, Cedar Key atmosphere, rare seashells, blackmail, robbery, hidden motives, marine science, coastal intrigue, and the dry Southern humor of Gumbo Malone.

It's a mystery about who owns a discovery, who deserves credit, and what happens when people spend twelve years avoiding the conversation they should have had in the first place.

Perfect for fans of:

🐚 Florida Mysteries

🕵️ Private Investigator Mysteries

🌴 Cedar Key Mysteries

🌊 Gulf Coast Crime Fiction

💎 Jewelry & Art Mysteries

📍 Coastal Florida Adventures

🔎 Character-Driven Whodunits

😂 Humorous Crime Fiction

⚓ Maritime & Island Mysteries

🌅 Southern Mysteries

📚 Carl Hiaasen-style Florida Fiction

🕵️ Gumbo Malone Mystery Series

🐊 Quirky Florida Crime Adventures

If you love Florida private investigators, eccentric coastal characters, small-town mysteries, Gulf Coast atmosphere, unusual crimes, hidden motives, and detective stories with plenty of Sunshine State personality, you'll love SEASHELLS SHE SELLS.

Because sometimes the most valuable thing someone steals isn't the thing you can put a price on. 🐚🌴

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