Description |
274 pages ; 22 cm |
Series |
A Merry Folger Nantucket mystery ; 5 |
|
Mathews, Francine.
Merry Folger Nantucket mystery ; bk. 5.
|
Summary |
"Spencer Murphy is a national treasure: a famous war correspondent who escaped captivity in Southeast Asia, his books and television appearances have made him a fortune for half a century. But Spencer, a venerable member of the Wharf Rats--Nantucket's exclusive club for fishermen, storytellers, and characters--is growing forgetful with age. When Spence starts to wander and his half-Asian daughter disappears without a word, Nantucket police detective Meredith Folger is called in to investigate. The timing couldn't be worse: It's the Fourth of July, Merry's planning her wedding to cranberry farmer Peter Mason, and her new police chief is gunning for her job. When a body is discovered at Step Above, the sprawling Murphy house near Steps Beach, Merry is inclined to call it a tragic accident ... until another member of the Murphy clan comes to a brutal end. As Merry grapples with a family of unreliable storytellers--some incapable of recalling the past, and others determined that it never be known--she suspects that the truth may be forever out of reach, trapped in the failing brain of a man whose whole life turns out to be a lie"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Folger, Merry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
|
|
Nantucket Island (Mass.) -- Fiction.
|
|
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
|
|
Women detectives -- Fiction.
|
|
Folger, Merry (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst00928559
|
|
Murder -- Investigation.
(OCoLC)fst01029788
|
|
Women detectives. (OCoLC)fst01177563
|
|
Massachusetts -- Nantucket Island.
(OCoLC)fst01241286
|
Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
|
|
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
|
|
Mystery fiction.
|
|
Detective and mystery fiction.
|
ISBN |
9781616957377 (hardcover) |
|
1616957379 (hardcover) |
|