Book One
The Foghorn Secret
A Miramar Cove Cozy Mystery
Maggie Corliss returns to Miramar Cove to settle an old matter. What she finds instead changes everything.
Avery Lark Mysteries
The Miramar Cove Cozy Mysteries
Foggy coastal secrets, quiet betrayals, and stories where the truth always comes back with the tide.
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A Miramar Cove Cozy Mystery
A sealed letter. A low-tide secret. And a summer in Miramar Cove before the town learned which stories were safest left untold.
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The Books
The Miramar Cove Cozy Mystery Series
Book Two
The Two Lights at Cypress Creek
A Miramar Cove Cozy Mystery
A new mystery rises along Cypress Creek, where old loyalties, hidden grief, and two lights in the dark point Maggie toward a truth someone wants buried.
Book Three
The Pumpkin Patch Murder at Miramar Cove
A Miramar Cove Cozy Mystery
October brings the pumpkin festival to Miramar Cove, but a death at a local nursery pulls Maggie into a family secret someone wants buried.
What to Expect
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Where the warm light ends and the cozy mystery begins
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Fog over the working harbor
Marine layer mornings, foghorns after dark, cypress on the bluff, and harbor lights that never quite disappear.
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Consequences in the pumpkin rows
Quiet revenge, slow reveals, family stakes, and the kind of truth that waits until no one is watching.
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New mysteries at the bookshop
A coastal cozy mystery series is taking shape, with recurring places, familiar faces, and secrets that keep finding their way to the counter.
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Biscuit, coffee, and local gossip
A warm window, a judgmental shop cat, two cups of coffee, and the kind of conversation that travels faster than the tide.
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Small-town secrets
Old friendships, family grudges, missing details, and the kind of history everyone pretends not to remember.
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Comfort with fog underneath
A quiet table by the harbor, coffee cooling beside a sealed envelope, and one old key that should have stayed forgotten.
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Stories written in the rain
A calm voice, a steady pace, and mysteries built through atmosphere, character, and the slow return of truth.
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When truth comes back with the tide
Justice arrives late, often without fanfare, but in this town, what is buried never stays buried forever.
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Old downtown by the harbor
Weathered storefronts, lamplit windows, flower boxes, and streets where every familiar face carries a story.
About
About Avery Lark
Avery Lark writes mysteries. The Miramar Cove Cozy Mystery Series is one of those series, with more series to come. Set along the foggy Northern California coast, Miramar Cove is a world of warm gathering places, bookshops, familiar faces, long memories, and secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Growing up in Half Moon Bay, California, Avery learned the feel of salt air, harbor lights, shifting fog, and close-knit towns where everyone notices more than they say. That atmosphere runs through every story, alongside warm familiar places, complicated loyalties, and the quiet moment when the truth finally surfaces.
The Foghorn Secret is the first book in the Miramar Cove Cozy Mystery Series, centered on a waterfront-town bookshop, familiar faces, and long memories.
Avery Lark Stories is the home of atmospheric, story-led mysteries for readers and listeners who enjoy comfort, secrets, and a little shadow beneath the surface.
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