Author: Elizabeth Pantley
Genre: Mystery/Paranormal
Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9798446431014
Independently Published
450 Pages
$13.99; $3.99 Amazon
May 15, 2022
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Old Bones and Ice Cream Cones follows the series format of combining two stories that blend into one. A murder mystery and the island mystery.
The Island Mystery: Hayden's boyfriend Han is missing. But she swears she saw him zoom by in his car. She'd thought it was a surprise, and that he was home early from his secret service case. She was wrong. The surprise is that his signal isn't pinging, and no one knows where he is. There appears to be black magic behind his disappearance. Can they learn who's responsible and bring Han safely home?
The Murder Mystery: A pile of old bones is found in an ancient fishing boat. They could be tied to the disappearance of two young women years ago, back when many of the Destiny Falls people were in high school. Many of the citizens had bad history with the missing students. Do the bones belong to them, and what happened? Were they murdered? And could the murderer be living among them?
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Hayden lives in Destiny Falls, a magical place full of witches and other supernatural creatures. She is in love with Han Chow, who works for special forces. But he has been gone for longer than a week, and she is worried. When he returns unexpectedly, with no knowledge of ever being missing, he is different: taller, stronger, more virile. The residents of the town are worried, but Han shrugs it off.
When Han and Hayden go on a picnic, they find the bones of a human that have been there for decades. But who was this person? Discovering the bones were female, they at least have a lead, considering there was no head with the body, so it takes them awhile to find out who the person was -- and how they came to be there.
But the spell cast upon Han is strong; and it will take Hayden and all her magical friends to attempt to bring back her beloved, if it is possible to do so at all...
This is the sixth book in the series, and I must admit that I have not read any of the others. Since this is the latest book, I will admit that I have missed the introduction to many of the characters, but the book can be read as a standalone, so I had no problem catching up.
What I didn't care for was the huge cache of characters involved. There were so many, and all so different, that I was having trouble deciding who was important and who was not; and why some of them were even in the book. Unfortunately, this is a negative for me.
But the story line was done well, and the writing was very good, so that is a big positive in itself. Part of the book seemed to be slow, but in the the rest of the book, it was enough to keep me interested in finding out the two answers. While neither one connected to the other, it really didn't matter; both, as we know, will be solved before the end of the book, and they were done so, and very well.
As far as paranormal books go, this one was very good. Ms. Pantley is a talented author and one I would recommend to others.
This book was given to me by the Cozy Review to read and review but this in no way influenced what I have written.
More on Elizabeth Pantley's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/elizabeth-pantley/
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