| Description |
359 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Penny Goetjen is the author of murder mysteries where the milieu play as prominent a role as the engaging characters. Her love of travel inspires her writing as evidenced by her current titles. Although Connecticut has been her home longer than anywhere else, she also has a deep-rooted fondness for the Caribbean; Charleston, South Carolina; and the tumultuous coast of Maine (especially in the warmer months). A self-proclaimed eccentric, she loves writing by candlelight, particularly on dark, gray days or in the late hours of the night. Fascinated with the paranormal, she often weaves a subtle, unexpected twist into her stories. When her husband is asked how he feels about his wife writing murder mysteries, he answers with a wink, “I sleep with one eye open.”--page 4 of cover. |
| Summary |
Young Olivia travels to the Virgin Islands to settle affairs after receiving word her mother, a highly acclaimed photographer on St. Thomas, has perished in a boating accident, but island police have no record of her death or even the accident. Could her mother still be alive? Olivia desperately needs the truth, if she has to find it herself. A bar brawl. A break-in and robbery. Her mother's Caribbean bungalow ransacked. Can things get any worse at picturesque Magens Bay? Olivia's search takes a sinister turn when a charming man, claiming to be her mother's lover, is murdered and she's the prime suspect. Entangled in the same dark web of crime that may have ensnared her mother, Olivia is low on cash, high on mistrust, yet must rely on the ruggedly handsome stranger who seems to surface when she most needs saving, but is he her rescuer-turned-lover or her deadly foe? |
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Murder -- United States Virgin Islands -- Saint Thomas (Island) -- Fiction.
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Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands : Island) -- Fiction.
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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United States Virgin Islands -- Saint Thomas (Island)
(OCoLC)fst01861793
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| ISBN |
9780997623505 (pbk.) |
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0997623500 (pbk.) |
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9780997623512 (e-book) |
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0997623519 (e-book) |
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9780997623529 (audio bk.) |
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0997623527 (audio bk.) |
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