There are 12 books in the Coastal Adventure Series series. The newest book is Coastal Competition which came out in 2024.

Michael “Murph” Murphy and his girlfriend, Lindsay, want to purchase a long-neglected marina and live out their dream. When a bomb goes off on the property, their plans are derailed. A mysterious enemy is intent on killing their real estate deal, and them along with it.

Dodging bullets and shrapnel,…
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Coastal Cousins

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Marlin Denton is a fishing guide and outdoor writer who lives aboard an old boat at Mallard Cove and enjoys his simple, uncomplicated life. But that life is about to get turned upside down because of a secret he’s been hiding from his friends - his billionaire uncle. Marlin worries…

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Coastal Paybacks

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When Murph disappears in Palm Beach, Florida, Marlin and Casey team up to track him down.
But what they find puts everyone in grave danger.
A smuggler from Casey and Murph's past has resurfaced, and now, their friends' lives are at stake. From Florida to the Bahamas to Costa Rica,…

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Coastal Tuna

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Coastal Tuna is an intriguing mystery novel involving the fishing industry and set in the world of reality television. The story revolves around Marlin Denton, who takes over a popular cable fishing show after the murder of the previous producer. As he attempts to continue the show at Mallard Cove…

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Coastal Cats

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Catamaran sailboats and their occupants keep vanishing around the mid-Atlantic. When the disappearances spread to Mallard Cove, Murph and the gang investigate. But as more sailboats move into the marina, Captain Bill Cooper takes offense to one of their owners in particular, starting their own private war.

As the disappearances…

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Coastal Caper

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Casey Shaw is looking to buy a waterfront property in Cape Charles. Things are looking swell...
...until a dead body shows up. And Casey is the #1 suspect.
As Casey and the Mallard Cove gang race to find the real killer, they uncover a devious plot to use the property…

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Coastal Culprit

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Murph deals with a snake-oil pedaling charlatan while battling fake preachers who are really tax-dodging real estate investors. Just business as usual on the seedier side of Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Then the bodies start piling up. And they all have a connection to Murph.
Struggling to swim through the murky…

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Coastal Curse

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Bestselling novelist Sandy Morgan moves back to Mallard Cove Marina to stay, but he brings along a new companion with an interesting family tree. But that's not all that came back with him; he has a stalker who's hot on his trail right before he's scheduled to leave on a…

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Coastal Jury

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Jury duty. The dreaded envelope and summons. It might mean a day or even a week or two taken away from your life unless it's for a Federal Grand Jury. In the Eastern District of Virginia it means a year of service, three days per month, all done in absolute…

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Coastal Currency

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What's behind the huge fish kill that threatens the businesses on Virginia's Eastern Shore? Why does a boat sale paid for with a thousand gold Krugerrands put Murph and Lindsay in the crosshairs of a shady Bermudan? How are a Chinese vegetable farm and a mysterious and classic Chesapeake boat…

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Coastal Cruise

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In Coastal Cruise, Captain Bill "Baloney" Cooper agrees to help his niece by taking charge of her boss's old Chris Craft boat for a company "booze cruise" departing from Mallard Cove Marina on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Little did he know that what seemed like a simple favor would soon put…

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Coastal Competition

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A pair from Casey, Dawn, and Murph's past are out for revenge, and they're about to use some legal sleight of hand to get a little too close for comfort to Mallard Cove. The Shaws and Murphys thought their property was well-insulated from competitors because of laws protecting the Eastern…