The Wharfs & Whispers Cozy Mysteries
A cozy mystery series set in the living, tidal, historically layered city of Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is not a backdrop. It’s a character. The city breathes - through its 18th-century streets and marina-side clamor, through its Naval Academy traditions and its ghost-tour whispers, through the way locals speak about old families as if they’re still in the room. It is exactly the kind of place where a woman with sharp eyes and a newly quiet life might start noticing things. Evie Simmons arrived in Annapolis fifty-one years into a life that had stopped fitting. She bought a crumbling Victorian on a cobblestoned street, turned it into a shop named Three Sisters, and told herself she was done with complications. Annapolis had other ideas.
Before the Whispers
The Prequel Novella - Spring 2026
She came to Annapolis to start over. The town had been waiting.
Spring has arrived on the Chesapeake, and Evie Simmons is opening the doors of Three Sisters for the first time — a shop built from equal parts ambition and stubborn hope. The cobblestones outside are damp with possibility. The dogs are opinionated. The harbor is beautiful. But something beneath the surface of this city is already watching her. Before the Whispers is the atmospheric, character-driven prequel to the Annapolis Wharfs & Whispers Mysteries — the story of how Evie arrived, what she found, and what she couldn't quite leave alone.
Book 0.5
Murder at Low Tide
Coming Summer 2026
The regatta was supposed to be the story. It wasn’t.
Summer on the Chesapeake means white sails, sunburned tourists, and the Annapolis Regatta — the event the whole town builds toward. Evie Simmons was looking forward to watching from the dock with a coffee and an excuse not to be useful. Then a body surfaced at low tide, and Evie's inconvenient habit of noticing things became a problem. Murder at Low Tide is the first full novel in the Annapolis Wharfs & Whispers Mysteries — a story about small-city secrets, complicated loyalty, and the danger of a woman who pays attention.
Book 1
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Book 2
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Book 3
Each book in the Wharfs & Whispers series is set in a different season of Annapolis: the regatta summer, the fog-wrapped fall, the candelight winter, the rebirth of spring. Same city. Same community. The layers keep going deeper. If you’re new here, start with Before the Whispers. It’s where Evie begins.
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