Blackwater Case Two: The Silent Dock

Description

At fifty-seven, widowed entrepreneur Lisa Davidson inherits her late father’s derelict shipyard in the fog-shrouded harbor town of Blackwater. Known as the Silent Dock, the property has stood shuttered since a 1989 explosion that claimed lives and buried secrets beneath rusted hulls. Determined to salvage the bankrupt site as her last chance at redemption, Lisa soon uncovers a hidden logbook that reveals the official story of the blast was incomplete.

Enter James Brennan, the sixty-eight-year-old retired arson investigator hired by the insurance company to finally close the case he ruled an accident decades earlier. Haunted by the compromise that forced his decision, Jim lives in isolation until Lisa’s discovery draws him back into the investigation. Their opposing goals—her drive to restore the dock and his insistence on condemnation—ignite a reluctant partnership to expose a long-concealed smuggling ring tied to Blackwater’s corrupt elite.

As sabotage escalates and eminent domain threatens the shipyard, Lisa and Jim must confront both the physical dangers of the site and the emotional walls each has built. From the discovery of missing logbook entries to the revelation of a professional incendiary device, the cold case reopens, forcing them to serve as lead witnesses while their guarded connection deepens into something neither expected.

In this dark romantic suspense, two people at midlife risk everything—financial ruin, professional disgrace, and personal safety—to bring the truth to light. Their bond becomes the anchor that steadies them as buried secrets threaten to consume the dock, their legacies, and the fragile future they are building together.