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The tide doesn’t forget. It only waits.

About the Story

What the Tide Buried is Book One in the Sloane Kincaid series.

At thirty-seven, former ADA Sloane Kincaid returns to her fog-soaked hometown of Harbor’s Edge, Massachusetts after the quiet collapse of her career — a wrongful conviction, professional betrayal, and a truth she can’t stop replaying. Once brilliant and feared in the courtroom, she comes home carrying case files, a fractured sense of self, and a past she never meant to face again.

Living in the attic of her mother’s B&B, The Saltwind Inn, Sloane is surrounded by memory, grief, and a town that never forgot who she was — or the tragedy that marked her at fifteen. By day, she works quietly as an independent investigator, taking cases others avoid. By night, she finds herself at The Breakwater, where case files spread across the bar under dim lights and long-buried truths begin to surface.

A local investigation pulls Sloane into a case tangled with town politics, old money, and law enforcement loyalty. As she digs deeper, disturbing parallels emerge between the present crime and her own past — patterns of suppression, misdirection, and people sacrificed for the convenience of power.

Caught between Detective Wade Callahan, whose loyalty to the law challenges her belief in the truth, and Miles Harrington, a former colleague and lover tied to the corruption that destroyed her career, Sloane is forced to confront the core wound she’s spent her life avoiding: the fear that telling the truth will cost her everything.

By the end of Book One, the immediate case is resolved — but the larger reckoning is only beginning. A final revelation hints that the wrongful conviction that ended Sloane’s career may be far more corrupt than she ever knew.

Coming home didn’t save her.
It armed her.

And the truth is no longer willing to wait.

Perfect for readers who love atmospheric coastal mysteries, morally gray heroines, small-town secrets, slow-burn tension, and stories where the setting itself becomes a character.

Book Details

• Series: The Shadows of Harbor’s Edge (Book 1)
• Print Length: 206 pages
• Language: English
• Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.52 x 8.5 inches
• Weight: 8.6 oz