The Secret of the Santons

A suspicious death. A missing fragrance formula. Secrets that refuse to stay buried.

After retiring from a high-pressure career as a professional "nose," Erica Sloan travels to France for the funeral of the legendary perfumer who trained her. When Jean Beaumont dies in a car crash on a road he'd driven safely for decades, Erica doesn't believe it was an accident-and neither, it turns out, did he.

Jean spent his final months fearing someone. The bespoke fragrance he was creating for a secretive, immensely powerful client has vanished. As old flames resurface, family resentments boil over, and hidden loyalties are tested, Erica finds herself drawn into a mystery that stretches from Provence to the Jersey Shore.

Back home, Erica realizes the danger didn't stay in France. Armed with her extraordinary sense of smell, sharp instincts, and a cherished box of santons Jean left in her care, she follows a trail of deception before another life is lost.

Book Two of the Down the Shore Mysteries.

Because the truth has a scent-and Erica Sloan's extraordinary nose has never been wrong.