Susannah Marren announces the release of her latest book, Maribelle’s Shadow, which is the third work in her Palm Beach Trilogy.

The previous books were A Palm Beach Wife and A Palm Beach Scandal.

“But all three are separate stories, although there are some recurring characters who pop up now and then,” she said.

Marren is the pen name of Susan Shapiro Barash, who has firm roots in Long Beach Island, having grown up in the Beach Haven Park section of Long Beach Township. She has authored 13 nonfiction works concerning women’s issues in addition to her fiction novels.

Her new book is subtitled Sisters Shouldn’t Be Playing These Games.

“If you think you know how far sisters will go to get what they want, you haven’t read this family’s story yet,” Barash said.

An overview says the only thing that spreads faster than gossip in Palm Beach is news of a mysterious death.