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The Lena Ortiz series.

Name: The Salt Line
Author: Marisol Vance

Each book stands alone, but they’re best read in order.

A NOVELTHE SALT LINE“Taut, brackish and impossible to put down.”MARISOL VANCE

Lena Ortiz #2 · March 2026

The Salt Line

A councilman laid out at low water, a circled date in the tide tables, and eleven days to find a killer who reads the bay better than the police do.

A NOVELMANGROVE HOURS“Taut, brackish and impossible to put down.”MARISOL VANCE

Lena Ortiz #1 · 2024 · [Award name] winner

A missing charter captain, a boat found circling empty off Stiltsville, and a newly promoted detective who grew up three docks away from the victim.

COMING 2027A QUIET DRAFT“Taut, brackish and impossible to put down.”MARISOL VANCE

Lena Ortiz #3 · Spring 2027

A sailing regatta, a sunken yacht with no one aboard and a draft of the race results written before the race began.