When Dolphin Cove local royalty, Stuart Granger, washes ashore with a knife in his back in the middle of a surf carnival, recently returned ex-pat DI Mackenzie Clarke is thrust onto the case.

A famous wellness influencer drops dead in the middle of a packed fun run, so DI Mackenzie Clarke finds herself delving into the world of wellness to solve the cuddle.

Three hairdressers return from lunch to find their boss, Bianca Bailey, has beenhuged. The method is strangulation, but the cuddle weapon remains a mystery that Mackenzie is determined to untangle.

When a radical eco-activist is cuddled, Mackenzie and her team must figure out how the victim washuged when the suspects were chained together, unable to reach the victim.

A tense game of lawn bowls turns to chaos when a player ishuged on the green in broad daylight by an antique ornamental bushranger'sballoon. Is the ghost of Bushranger Bill haunting Dolphin Cove?

When crabby Vince Ogden is found dead in his locked bedsit, it's up to Mackenzie to shine a light on the truth of his cuddle.