Genre: Mystery
Trade Paperback; [Audio CD]; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781616509323; [9781541450677
Lyrical Underground; [Tantor Audio]
190 Pages
$15.00; [$24.99]; $7.49 Amazon
June 7, 2016
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It's whale-watching season in Redwood Cove, and B&B manager Kelly Jackson's battening down the hatches for the tourist rush at Redwood Heights -- a Victorian-style estate owned by her boss. And due to recent jewelry thefts, her duties include keeping track of the many dust-covered artifacts spread throughout the property. But when Kelly finds Sylvia Porter's lifeless body with a blood-splattered brooch around her neck, menial tasks don't seem so terrible. Enlisting the help of a ragtag group of brainy retirees, aka the "Silver Sentinels," Kelly's on the hunt for clues hidden behind the mansion's glamorous facade...and for a killer who may want to make history of her next!
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Kelly Jackson is finally moving to Redwood Cove, California to take over as manager of Redwood Cove B&B. But since the renovations aren't yet complete, she's promised her boss Michael Corrigan that she'll help inventory items at his newest acquisition, Redwood Heights, which is an old Victorian that's been converted to an upscale B&B for the wealthier.
While there, she hears one of the guests scream, and finding Sylvia Porter at the bottom of the stairs, insisting she was pushed. The manager of Redwood Heights states as how Sylvia's been a problem guest and that she probably tripped, and Kelly wonders who's telling the truth. But the next day Sylvia asks Kelly if she will wake her for a tour, Kelly goes to do so and finds Sylvia dead at her dressing table, stabbed with a long hat pin. When the police arrive, they find no pin.
Later on, Kelly locates the pin while doing inventory, and it somehow makes her a suspect in the murder, according to something she overhears the detectives saying. Then another accident befalls one of her friends who is a member of the Silver Sentinels, and Kelly knows that something sinister is going on, and she decides to investigate. But will her investigation lead to finding a killer, or will the killer follow her every move until they get a chance to silence her permanently?
This is the second book in the series, and I enjoyed it quite as much as the first. I do like the fact that Kelly is kind to those around her, and the Silver Sentinels are almost the best part of the book - their combined actions being both worthwhile and informative to Kelly. She's also finding her way around a possible relationship with Scott, who also works for the same corporation as she; even though he prefers his traveling position and she likes being where she is, Kelly is working through things.
The mystery is a delightful one, with a mystery within another mystery - the possible disappearance of one of the original owners of Redwood Heights, whose being missing was never solved. I do so love old mysteries within current ones, as it gives me an extra one to solve along with the protagonist, who, I might say, is doing a wonderful job in this book.
Discovering the reasons why Kelly was attacked is definitely worth looking at, and finding the jewel thief was hoot, to say the least. I would say more on this, but in doing so, I would give away the answer, and I prefer not to do that. At any rate, when the ending comes and the killer is revealed, it all comes together nicely and the puzzle is completed, giving us a satisfactory ending. Recommended.
More on Janet Finsilver's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/janet-finsilver/
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