Keep My Secret

keepMySecretBroadway actress Meredith Hackett appears unexpectedly at the Inn at Kenwood Court in Newport, and its owner Caroline Kent is delighted to see her old friend from the New York stage. But their happy reunion is short lived as four days later, Meredith is found murdered.  Does Spider Shipley, a buddy of police detective Hank Nightingale, also newly arrived in the city, have a connection to the death?

Hank’s investigation takes him from Newport’s lively bar scene to Windward, a dark and gloomy mansion overlooking the ocean, its owner a recluse. When the city’s police department receives a surprise visit from the FBI, attention turns to several new suspects. But Caroline finds out that there is an important clue hidden in the Inn at Kenwood Court.

Once again murder and mystery haunt the mansions of Newport, and it is up to Caroline and Hank to solve this crime whose roots may lie in Meredith’s past. Keep My Secret is a fast moving story with twists and turns as secrets, once thought buried, are uncovered.