The Mermaid Murders: A Neoluminae Nights Mystery by Chett Doubret

On the fog-drenched outskirts of Neoluminae City, beneath the lonely beam of acrumbling lighthouse, cyborg recluse Cyberon McGafferty lives a quiet life servingcomfort food from his food truck, The Hidden Spoon. His only companion is Julia —a sharp-tongued hologram chef with a flair for gourmet cuisine and an unsettling habit ofknowing more than she should. But when the bodies of mermaids begin washing ashore along the coast, Cyberon findshimself pulled into a deadly mystery that the city’s elite are desperate to bury. Whatbegins as a grisly investigation soon spirals into something far more sinister: whisperedconspiracies around the harbor, forbidden experiments hidden beneath Neoluminae’sglowing streets, and an ancient terror awakening in the deep. As the deaths mount and the truth swims its way to the surface, Cyberon must confrontthe secrets of his own past — because the key to saving Neoluminae may lie insidehim. And if he fails, the city won’t simply fall. It will drown.