Author Pens Second Novel in Critically Acclaimed Myrtle Beach Mystery Series

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September 26, 2021

The author of the award-winning first book of the Myrtle Beach Mystery Series, Death on the Boardwalk, is back with Book 2: Death Washes Ashore this December.  

Franklin/Kerr Press is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Caleb Wygal’s continuation of this exciting series that has left readers all around the Grand Strand and fans of Myrtle Beach in general wanting more. The new novel will release on December 7, 2021 and is available for preorder at many online retailers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books-A-Million in paperback for $12.99, hardcover for $19.99, and on Amazon’s Kindle for $3.99. 

The book is set in and around Myrtle Beach and are fun and fast-moving clean mysteries meant to be enjoyed while sitting on the beach or wherever is your preferred reading spot.  Death Washes Ashore picks up immediately after the events of Death on the Boardwalk, when recently widowed bookstore owner, Clark Thomas, learns that his wife’s death is not what it seems. As he tries to process this information, a new murder occurs that draws him into the investigation.  

“After Death on the Boardwalk released this past February,” Wygal says, “I was bombarded with messages and reviews from readers about how much they loved the book?and eagerly awaited the next in the series. It’s always an anxious time when a book comes out because you don’t know what sort of response you’ll get. I was already in the process of writing the second entry into the series but took elements of what they said they loved about the first book, the various recognizable landmarks around Myrtle Beach for instance, and upped the ante.” 

The book will be Wygal’s sixth overall, and he is already hard at work on the third book in the series, Death on the Golden Mile.  

Death on the Boardwalk won the Pinnacle Achievement Award for Best Mystery while a review in Grand Strand Magazine lauded the book as “a must-read for Myrtle Beach locals and mystery lovers alike.” (August 2021) 

“With the success of the first book in Caleb’s new Myrtle Beach Mystery series we know his fans are going to enjoy Death Washes Ashore and those to come after,” Jordon Greene, owner of Franklin/Kerr Press said.  

Caleb is a member of the International Thriller Writers and the Southeastern Writers' Association. He lives in Myrtle Beach, SC. 
 
Learn more about Caleb Wygal online at www.calebwygal.com.

Book Synopsis 

Minutes after solving his first murder, Clark Thomas receives life-changing information about his past. But time waits for no one. 

He receives a late-night message from Detective Moody soon after the body of a locally famous entertainer washes up on the Myrtle Beach shore. The department is under enormous pressure to solve the high-profile case quickly. They call upon Clark to help investigate but to do it quietly. 

Clark soon learns there was more to this entertainer than met the eye. He goes behind the curtain of the popular Gladiator Games Dinner Show and meets the performers and victim's coworkers. He learns that the entertainer with a sparkling public persona was not as squeaky clean as he appeared. 

Clark lends his unique ability to tie seemingly unrelated clues together as he races to solve the case. Along the way, he learns more about his wife's death. What he learns shatters his perception of the woman he once loved. 

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For more information about Death Washes Ashore, or to schedule an interview please call Jordon at 704-659-3915 or e-mail Jordon at jordon@franklinkerr.com