Live and learn. Trial and error. I recently retitled my first novel Beach Body Boogie. Its new title is Killing Shore. What the heck was I thinking?

I really liked the old title, but I received too much feedback that it was essentially too cute for its own good. Beach Body Boogie wasn’t an obvious thriller/mystery name and potentially was scaring off my intended audience. One reviewer called the old title misleading, saying they thought Beach Body Boogie would be a young adult spring break story!

So the new title Killing Shore will hopefully be more inviting for readers looking for a thriller/mystery read.

To past readers of Beach Body Boogie, obviously Killing Shore is not a new book. So please don’t buy it again by mistake!

The next new book in the Pepper Ryan series will be Kill Tide, which tells the story of the summer that Pepper became a hero to almost everyone on Cape Cod, except himself. It is coming later this year… So stay tuned!