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# Mermaid's Fury

When Noah Yalland and Leo Petit find shell offerings and hear an impossible scream in the Whealings, a dead newspaper file leads them towards a 1961 barn fire, a village curse, and a hidden family secret still shaping the living.


## Book Metadata

- Series: Treggan Bay Mysteries
- Series order: 4
- Publisher: Tonkoi Books

- Language: en
- Country of origin: GB
- Release date: 2026-08-27
- Availability: Pre-order

- Genres: Cozy Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, British Detectives, LGBTQ+ Mystery


- Keywords: South Devon village, British coastal cold case, journalist amateur sleuth, village folklore family secrets, old records hidden history, 1990s pre digital Britain, gentle queer relationship


- Content advisory: Village mystery with historical fire deaths, family concealment, isolation and confinement, care and institutional history, trauma and mental-health themes, break-in and trespass, a ghostly or uncanny element, mild to moderate language, and a closed-door queer relationship thread. The old-case material has low graphic detail.



## Editions


- EBook; release date 2026-08-27; USD 4.99

- Paperback; release date 2026-08-27; 312 pages; USD 14.99

- Hardcover; release date 2026-08-27; 312 pages; USD 21.99




## Pre-order Links


- Amazon (All Formats): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9X1R8KT

- Kobo (EBook): https://www.kobo.com/ebook/mermaid-s-fury




## Reader Guide


- Best for: Readers who enjoy British coastal and village mysteries, amateur sleuths, old records, local folklore, family secrets, humane stakes, and quiet queer continuity.

- Tone: Atmospheric, evidence-led, and humane, with a light uncanny edge but no mermaid-fantasy or horror promise.

- Reading order: Book 4 of the Treggan Bay Mysteries. The old-case mystery is self-contained, but Noah and Leo's story is best read after Books 1–3.

- Heat / intensity: Low heat and closed door. The relationship is established, but the book remains mystery-first.

- Content note: Historical fire deaths, family concealment, isolation and confinement, care and institutional history, trauma and mental-health themes, break-in and trespass, a ghostly or uncanny element, and mild to moderate language. The old-case material has low graphic detail.








## FAQ


### Can this be read first?

The mystery is self-contained, but the character relationships build across the series. Reading Books 1–3 first gives the fullest experience.


### Is this a mermaid or fantasy story?

No. The mermaid is part of the village folklore surrounding an old fire; this is a clue-led mystery about records, memory, and a hidden family history.


### Is there a new murder?

No. Noah and Leo investigate a 1961 fire and the story that grew around it.


### Is the romance explicit?

No. Noah and Leo's relationship is established, gentle, and closed door.




## Page Content

## Blurb

The old fire was blamed on a mermaid. Noah Yalland knows better than to trust a tidy story.

A quiet walk in the Whealings turns unsettling when Noah and Leo Petit find shell offerings among the stones and hear a scream rising from the ground below.

A dead file at the Kingsbridge Gazette pulls them towards Coplestone Cross: a fading village, a ruined house, a stopped clock, and a 1961 barn fire once explained away as the mermaid's fury.

The story should be safely buried. Instead, every record makes it stranger. Wells carry sound where they should not. Parish pages have been damaged. School registers leave gaps. Photographs, letters, and village memory all point towards a truth someone worked very hard to erase.

With Leo beside him, Noah follows the trail through folklore and evidence, knowing that some secrets are not only about the dead.

*Mermaid's Fury* is the fourth Treggan Bay mystery: a coastal, clue-led old-case puzzle with a quietly queer heart.

**Why you'll love it:** South Devon atmosphere, clue-led old-case mystery, village folklore, pre-digital records, hidden family history, and Noah and Leo's established low-heat relationship.

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