Slaying on the High Seas

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

* Locked-Room Mystery at Sea

* Billionaires Behaving Badly

* Glamorous Tech Gone Wrong

* Vacation Vibes, Killer Consequences

* Women’s Fiction with Murder