Pekkie Kobold has a secret: there are monsters in the bay. Mermen, and she’s going to prove it. But when Pekkie sets up her new camera before sunrise, she captures something far worse than sea serpents: a man being drowned in the dark water. The killer never saw her face.
Her camera flash made sure he knows she exists. Across town, veterinarian Hal Medley has his hands full — a thriving practice, a tiny one-clawed kitten who’s adopted the clinic, and Jericho, his angel-in-residence, who’s picked up the scent of something wrong in Urchin Cove.
Someone has paid to steal an antique pocket watch from the Historical Society, a timepiece whispered to hold more than hours. And up in the decaying mansion on the hill, Jericho makes a discovery that changes everything he thought he knew about the Cove’s oldest resident:.
A witness in hiding. A watch that shouldn’t exist. Monsters in the water — and worse ones on land. Some things in Urchin Cove are better left at the bottom of the bay.