A Fear of Seaside Heights — Jane Kelly

Amateur sleuth, Meg Daniels takes a sentimental look back to an earlier summer when, to help her boyfriend PI Andy Beck with an investigation, she scooped ice cream at a Boardwalk stand in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. When Meg goes undercover as a Little Dipper, she envisions a few days scooping ice cream until the heir to the Heavenly Dips fortune returns. She doesn't envision spending weeks wearing a halo and angel gown replete with wings and fraternizing with her coworkers to find out what was going on behind the scenes. An unexpected murder complicates her project and turns everyone she encounters through her summer job into a suspect. In turn, her coworkers grow suspicious of her. She knows someone will do what it takes to get her to quit but when she gets to know the victim's mother, her project becomes a mission. As she shares her thoughts about a varied cast of characters, Meg holds on to her sense of humor, but never at the expense of the underlying tragedy and everyone touched by it. A caper that seemed to offer a fun summer at the Jersey Shore turns into a mission that changes Meg forever.