Missing at Marshlands / Arden Blake Mystery Series #3

Three college friends spend their summer near a coastal marsh and become involved in a local mystery after meeting an isolated artist on a shabby houseboat and encountering a covered painting and an enigmatic snuffbox. Their inquiries follow a waterborne trail of clues—an interrupted swimmer, a missing person at the marshlands, a barking dog, a discovered pin, and a string of visitors and warnings—bringing in neighbors and the police. The narrative unfolds through investigation, narrow escapes, and revelations about the hidden object and the disappearance, concluding with the mystery resolved and the characters reconciled.