HARBOR BLUES a novella

Melanie Swain has taken a leave of absence from her commercial banking career to support her husband's bid for the position of Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. While attending functions with her husband and volunteering her time to city projects, her estranged father dies, and she inherits his LA harbor seaport bar. The thought of returning to the bar where she was raised, unleashes years of deception, guilt, and regret, and Melanie wants nothing to do with the business. But she soon realizes that her memories are bittersweet, and she is not ready to completely cut the ties with her father.After re-opening the bar, her comely new bartender seduces her police detective son, triggering a 24-year-old cold murder case to re-surface. When the case is linked to a recent killing, Melanie's family becomes submerged in a sea of blackmail and murder that changes their lives forever.