Deadly Nightshade (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries)
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eponine38
of Winchester, Massachusetts USA on 5/15/2014
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
eponine38 of Winchester, Massachusetts USA on 5/15/2014 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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This is the first in a series set on Martha's Vineyard, one of my favorite places. I love the elderly but spunky protagonist, Victoria Trumbull, who seems to have some of Cynthia Riggs in her - including a love of writing.
I'd read some of the Philip Craig mysteries with the same setting, so it was nice to start another series about the Island. Despite dealing with the less savory residents and visitors (it involves murder, after all :-), it made me want to get back there for a visit ASAP. Been too long!
Amazon:
Victoria Trumbull has lived most of her 92 years on the Island. Like other Islanders, she knows the sound of the sea in calm and stormy weather - and she knows the sounds that do not belong. One evening while Victoria waits on the dock for her granddaughter to return with the harbormaster, she hears a chilling scream followed by a splash and the sound of tires skidding on sand. She investigates and discovers a mutilated body floating on the outgoing tide.
With her granddaughter, Domingo the harbormaster, a swarm of Island characters, and a few mysterious visitors, Victoria manages to get in a good bit of detective work. However, she isn't able to prevent further homicide. As the tension mounts, Victoria concocts a scheme to reveal the killer and still has time to prepare her traditional Saturday night supper of Boston baked beans.
While the summer visitors bask on the beach, sail Island waters, shop in the Island stores, the reader is treated to the magic, the history and the texture of "the Vineyard" with its year-round characters real enough to include the reader in their conversations.
I'd read some of the Philip Craig mysteries with the same setting, so it was nice to start another series about the Island. Despite dealing with the less savory residents and visitors (it involves murder, after all :-), it made me want to get back there for a visit ASAP. Been too long!
Amazon:
Victoria Trumbull has lived most of her 92 years on the Island. Like other Islanders, she knows the sound of the sea in calm and stormy weather - and she knows the sounds that do not belong. One evening while Victoria waits on the dock for her granddaughter to return with the harbormaster, she hears a chilling scream followed by a splash and the sound of tires skidding on sand. She investigates and discovers a mutilated body floating on the outgoing tide.
With her granddaughter, Domingo the harbormaster, a swarm of Island characters, and a few mysterious visitors, Victoria manages to get in a good bit of detective work. However, she isn't able to prevent further homicide. As the tension mounts, Victoria concocts a scheme to reveal the killer and still has time to prepare her traditional Saturday night supper of Boston baked beans.
While the summer visitors bask on the beach, sail Island waters, shop in the Island stores, the reader is treated to the magic, the history and the texture of "the Vineyard" with its year-round characters real enough to include the reader in their conversations.
Journal Entry 2 by eponine38 at Little Free Library, 131 Renfrew St in Arlington, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, May 15, 2014
eponine38 at Little Free Library, 131 Renfrew St in Arlington, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, May 15, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (5/15/2014 UTC) at Little Free Library, 131 Renfrew St in Arlington, Massachusetts USA
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Released for 2014 April Showers May Flowers release challenge hosted by GoryDetails.
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