Overview
A dead body. A stolen painting. A midlife heroine who’s finally ready to stop disappearing.
At 57, Nina Rosen—a newly divorced art teacher with a talent for blending into the wallpaper—feels her life shrinking around her. But when she arrives at the Jersey Shore for what should’ve been a quiet summer escape, she stumbles on something impossible to ignore: a dead body floating near the dock of her rental cottage.
Suddenly pulled into a seaside tangle of real estate scams, missing artwork, and one dangerously charming handyman with secrets of his own, Nina finds herself doing something she hasn’t done in years—paying attention to what she wants.
With help from two women also navigating midlife crossroads, Nina’s search for the truth becomes something bigger: a sharp, funny, and deeply human investigation into desire, grief, friendship, and the question of who she’s still allowed to become.
The murder is only the beginning. The real mystery is Nina herself.
At 57, Nina Rosen—a newly divorced art teacher with a talent for blending into the wallpaper—feels her life shrinking around her. But when she arrives at the Jersey Shore for what should’ve been a quiet summer escape, she stumbles on something impossible to ignore: a dead body floating near the dock of her rental cottage.
Suddenly pulled into a seaside tangle of real estate scams, missing artwork, and one dangerously charming handyman with secrets of his own, Nina finds herself doing something she hasn’t done in years—paying attention to what she wants.
With help from two women also navigating midlife crossroads, Nina’s search for the truth becomes something bigger: a sharp, funny, and deeply human investigation into desire, grief, friendship, and the question of who she’s still allowed to become.
The murder is only the beginning. The real mystery is Nina herself.
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