Polished Off
(2025)(The fifth book in the Marina Bellamy Cozy Mystery series)
A Story by Maisy Marple and Tessa Townsend
Death by manicure has never been so perfectly executed.
When Marina Bellamy installs a nail station at her coastal Tranquil Waters Day Spa, she's hoping for additional income—not another dead body. But that's exactly what she gets when her newest employee, Bridgett Lang, turns up murdered with one of her own specialized manicure tools embedded in her neck.
The perfectly polished manicurist had been hiding a deadly secret: she was blackmailing half the town, using her clients' whispered confessions during manicures to amass a fortune in hush money. Now, with a toxic poison coating the murder weapon and a spa full of suspects who had every reason to want Bridgett silenced permanently, Marina must solve the case before her beloved sanctuary is tainted beyond repair.
From the respectable doctor with prescription pad problems to the gossipy elderly client who knows everyone's business, all the way to Marina's own sister with a secret shoplifting past—everyone in sleepy Seabreeze Shore had something to hide, and Bridgett had threatened to expose them all.
As Marina digs deeper into Bridgett's web of blackmail and deceit, she uncovers a small town brimming with motives for murder. But when she gets too close to the truth, she discovers that some secrets are worth killing for—and she might be next on the manicurist's client list.
POLISHED OFF is the perfect cozy mystery for fans of salon settings, seaside towns, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. Sometimes the most beautiful manicure conceals the deadliest intentions.
Genre: Mystery
When Marina Bellamy installs a nail station at her coastal Tranquil Waters Day Spa, she's hoping for additional income—not another dead body. But that's exactly what she gets when her newest employee, Bridgett Lang, turns up murdered with one of her own specialized manicure tools embedded in her neck.
The perfectly polished manicurist had been hiding a deadly secret: she was blackmailing half the town, using her clients' whispered confessions during manicures to amass a fortune in hush money. Now, with a toxic poison coating the murder weapon and a spa full of suspects who had every reason to want Bridgett silenced permanently, Marina must solve the case before her beloved sanctuary is tainted beyond repair.
From the respectable doctor with prescription pad problems to the gossipy elderly client who knows everyone's business, all the way to Marina's own sister with a secret shoplifting past—everyone in sleepy Seabreeze Shore had something to hide, and Bridgett had threatened to expose them all.
As Marina digs deeper into Bridgett's web of blackmail and deceit, she uncovers a small town brimming with motives for murder. But when she gets too close to the truth, she discovers that some secrets are worth killing for—and she might be next on the manicurist's client list.
POLISHED OFF is the perfect cozy mystery for fans of salon settings, seaside towns, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. Sometimes the most beautiful manicure conceals the deadliest intentions.
Genre: Mystery
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