How Beautiful is the Sea is a detective-suspense novel about a gay couple in the fortieth year of their relationship who confront issues such as old age, fidelity, passion, love, fear of loneliness, and the concept of family when a young man enters their lives.
Şener, a former jazz pianist, and Fehmi, a retired engineer, are a couple in their 70s living in Büyükada. As they live their love affair to the fullest in their mansion on the island, they have made this relationship accepted by the islanders "as two retirement friends who support each other in their old age". For Şener and Fehmi, the routine dynamics of their forty-year relationship will take a completely different turn that summer when their dentist mother, architect father and their very handsome son Deniz, who had a troubled youth, move in next door, and they will have to ensure their own family through a crime.
In this debut novel, Yiğit Karaahmet skillfully combines 'The Crazy Club' with a breathless thriller to tell the story of a magical and hot summer in Büyükada.