Rowan Keel trusts records more than rumors. Then she inherits Tideglass Light, a storm-worn lighthouse whose fog bell preserves the last sound a victim heard.

Brinewick wants Reeve Sutter's death filed as an accident and forgotten before the tourist season turns sour. Rowan sees gaps where the official record should be solid: a sealed key, a tide window no one can explain, a harbor office too eager to close the file, and a bell that answers only in sound.

The bell cannot name a killer. It cannot show a face, reveal a motive, or replace proof. Every chime gives Rowan one more fragment to test against tide tables, repair logs, witness statements, lighthouse custody, and the town's carefully polished lies.

With a weather-wise keeper, a reluctant clerk, a grieving witness, and a harbor full of suspects, Rowan must solve one coastal death without letting grief become gossip or magic become accusation. If she fails, the truth goes under with the tide, and the light that heard the final sound may be condemned before it can speak again.

The Lighthouse That Heard the Tide is a cozy seaside paranormal mystery for listeners who enjoy beach-town secrets, lighthouse atmosphere, fair-play clues, gentle fantasy, amateur sleuths, low-gore stakes, and a complete case-of-the-book story with a larger shipwreck mystery waiting beyond the fog.