Surf and Sand, The Girl In The Seaside Hotel

During the summer of 1959, young Mary Nell finds herself becoming obsessed with solving a mystery that happened in the old beachside hotel where she now lives with her mother and 14-year-old brother, Lonnie. Along the way she learns all about the ocean, her mother's history, and love and friendship. When Lonnie's girlfriend vanishes under eerily similar circumstances to the original mystery, a Sheriff's Detective reappears, and Nell works to help him solve both mysteries.