num_pages: 281
description: Natalie Barnes buys the Gray Whale Inn, a bed and breakfast in Maine, and publicly opposes Bernard Katz's proposed resort development, which threatens a colony of black-chinned terns, and when Katz is found dead, Natalie must find the true killer in order to clear her own name.
language: English
title: Murder on the Rocks
titlecomplete: Murder on the Rocks (Gray Whale Inn Mystery, #1)
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Murder Mystery, Contemporary, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Cozy Mystery, Romance, Adult Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 5037
places: Cranberry Island, Maine
series: Gray Whale Inn Mystery
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Midnight Ink