An Undetermined Cause of Death - Paperback

by Julia Shovein (Author), Terryl M. Asla (Cover Design by)

Book 3 in the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards(TM) Gold Award-winning three-book series, Sailing Mystery

Georgiana Quilter is a professional oboist out of work, scrambling to make a living as she recovers from a gunshot wound aboard her sailboat near San Francisco.

Hired by a marina neighbor dissatisfied with the authorities' classification of his younger brother's death as "undetermined," Georgiana agrees to interview Jamie's contacts during his final days. She discovers jealous conflicts among Jamie's rock band, a mysterious woman with whom he found a strangled body and gem-filled necklace, and acquaintances who speak to Jamie's careless and ambitious character. Georgiana also takes on a part-time caregiver job for the injured CEO of a security company. Their rocky relationship leads to fireworks, admiration, and love. Georgiana progresses toward recovering her musical abilities and uncovering secrets that lead to a killer-and a perilous, near-fatal, climax.