Author: Thea Cambert
Genre: Mystery
Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9798682570980
Summer Prescott Books
176 Pages
$7.99; $3.99 Amazon
September 2, 2020
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After the fireworks...
Murder is afoot.
It's summer in picturesque Blue Valley, Tennessee, and that means it's time for the Annual Independence Day Celebration at Blue Lake. Main Street is hopping with summer visitors, and amateur sleuth, Alice Maguire, is even busier than usual.
Between ringing up sales at The Paper Owl, helping her dear friend Franny plan her wedding, and teaming up with her brother Ben for the yearly, highly competitive pedal boat race, she barely has time to take a breath. Her only respite comes in the form of cool summer evenings spent with her beau, Detective Luke Evans.
When a body washes up on the shore of Blue Lake, Alice is shocked, as is the entire town, but not as shocked as she will be when she discovers the victim's identity, and learns that the death was no accident. Luke lands squarely at the top of the suspect list, in a case that will prove to be Alice's toughest yet.
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In small town Blue Lake, Tennessee, everyone is gearing up for the annual Independence Day Celebration. There is also a medical convention in town, and Alice Maguire, owner of bookstore The Paper Owl, learns to her dismay that one of the physicians is her boyfriend's ex-fiancé. Luke Evans discloses to Alice that the woman left him when her career became more important than their relationship. But Alice is twice as surprised when she finds that the woman is the same one who so rudely entered her shop and sized her up. Now she wonders if Luke is having second thoughts about it all..
But things take a nasty turn when a dead body is found in the lake by herself and her brother Ben, also a police officer. When the identity is discovered, Alice and her friends Franny and Owen are sure they can figure out who wanted this person dead. But they not only have to look at both locals and tourists alike, they also have to look at the doctors. Someone is a killer, and they won't have any qualms if they have to do it again...
This is the fourth book in the series and I have enjoyed them all. They are easy-to-read, fun mysteries that are well written and keep you guessing right up until the end. Just when you think you have the right suspect, the author proves you wrong once again, and it's enjoyable to try and figure out who the killer might be.
There is also the story of Alice and her friends, while we watch Franny and Ben (mostly Franny) prepare for her upcoming wedding, and the blooming relationship between Alice and Luke. You also get a bit of other townspeople in each book, and it makes the town of Blue Valley seem more realistic, which is very nice.
I love that the climax in every book is worth getting to the end for, and we also always have a teaser for the next in the series. This is one series that I am liking very much and I can't wait to revisit the town in the next book. Highly recommended.
More on Thea Cambert's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/thea-cambert/
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