The Forgotten Laugh: a Seraphina Beckett Cozy Mystery

Some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved — only remembered.
When Seraphina “Sera” Beckett leaves New York behind to run a quiet coastal bookshop in Alderhaven, Oregon, she expects nothing more than fog, second chances, and time to heal. What she doesn’t expect is Callie — a sharp-witted teenage girl with no past she can name, a laugh that seems older than it should be, and a habit of noticing things other people miss.
As Callie finds refuge among Alderhaven’s lantern-lit streets, tide-scarred bluffs, and fiercely kind residents, fragments of her story begin to surface: a vanished artist, a burned cottage on the cliff, and objects that hum with memory. When questions of ownership, history, and belonging threaten to fence off what Alderhaven holds most sacred, Sera and Callie must decide what truths are worth protecting — and who gets to claim them.
The Forgotten Laugh is a warm, lyrical cozy mystery about chosen family, community courage, and the quiet power of learning how to listen — to the past, to one another, and to the stories that shape us.
Perfect for readers who love gentle mysteries, found family, and small towns that know how to keep a light burning.