Sorbets, summer, murder ... A prodigal son gets a deadly welcome when he comes back to Pelican Cove on vacation. Can cafe owner Jenny King beat the heat and find out whodunnit?Jenny King is on her way to rebuilding her life in the small island town of Pelican Cove. Aided by her friends, the Magnolias, she has become a sought after amateur sleuth. When a cheerful young sailor is found dead in the marshes, Jenny's favorite customer becomes the top suspect....

A dramatic story of the Battle of the Atlantic, where the heroes are the men, the heroines are the ships they sail in, and the villain is the cruel sea. On board H.M.S. Compass Rose, an escort ship, is one professional seaman. The others are civilians turned into wartime sailors; men not trained for the rigors and horrors of war. But as the task of keeping open the Atlantic life-line becomes more and more hazardous, so the men are thrown together,...

"On the morning of October 25, 1944, in the waters off Samar, a small flotilla of US Navy ships encountered a Japanese fleet superior in both vessels and firepower. Aboard the USS Johnston, Capt. Ernest Evans seized the moment, ordering his destroyer to steam forward and attack. Heavily out-gunned, Evans and his sailors fired torpedo after torpedo, all the while maneuvering to dodge enemy shells, as two other American destroyers joined the fight....