Death on Gwynn's Island - Paperback

by Bruce Bracken (Author)

When Deputy Jimi Jimenez crosses Virginia's last working swing bridge into the teeth of a brutal nor'easter, he expects nothing more than a routine welfare check on isolated Gwynn's Island. Instead, he finds blood splattered inside a small fishing cottage and a murder that will shake the island's uneasy sense of order.

For newly elected Sheriff Amy Wade, the investigation quickly becomes more than a single homicide. Gwynn's Island is a place where history lingers like salt air over the Chesapeake Bay-an isolated community of watermen, old families, outsiders, buried grievances, and carefully guarded loyalties. The victim, a wealthy Richmond businessman with no real ties to the island, seems out of place among the oyster shell drives and weathered docks. Yet as Amy and her deputies begin to pull at loose threads, they uncover connections reaching far deeper into the island than anyone expected.

Set on the real Gwynn's Island along Virginia's Chesapeake Bay, Death on Gwynn's Island blends atmospheric coastal mystery with richly drawn local culture, mounting suspense, and the tensions of a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone-and everyone has something they would rather leave buried.

As the storm closes in and suspicion spreads across the island, Sheriff Wade must navigate rumor, resentment, and the dangerous intersection of past and present before another life is lost.

A gripping and atmospheric mystery rooted in the rhythms, beauty, and hidden currents of Virginia's Chesapeake Bay.