The Body in the Beach House — Catherine Lee

Running a writer's retreat is Addison's new retirement plan.Until one of the writers ends up dead.After deciding a bed and breakfast full of demanding guests is too much work, Addison Lake turns her newly refurbished home in Getaway Bay into a boarding house for struggling writers and artists. She has a full house in no time, and quickly comes to regard her young boarders as family. But her newfound happiness doesn't last.There's a body in the beach house.Is one of her creative guests responsible?As Addison and Detective Wilcox investigate, the mystery becomes more baffling. Was it suicide, or murder? If it was murder, how did the killer get out of the locked room?And with all her house guests on the suspect list, who can Addison trust?The Getaway Bay cozy mysteries have everything you love – suspense to keep you guessing, twists you don't see coming, and characters you want to have a cup of tea with – plus an added dose of Aussie flavour.Getaway Bay: Come for the murder, stay for the cake!Series order:Arson at the Art GalleryThe Body in the Beach HouseThe Corpse at the CarnivalDeath at the Dog ShowEvil at Echo PointThe Fatality at the FuneralThe Girl by the GraveThe Holiday Homicide