Author: Hannah Dennison
Published: August 17th 2021 by Minotaur Books
Format: Kindle, Hardcover, 304 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Island Sisters Mystery #2
First Sentence: “Do you mind moving those plants into the potting shed before you run my errand, Ollie?” I pointed to the flimsy trays of plastic pots filled with geraniums, begonias and lavender that stood next to the empty cast-iron urns along the flagstone terrace. “There’s another storm forecast for early evening and I don’t want them to blow away.”
From the Publisher: Renovations on Tregarrick Rock Hotel are coming along, and Evie Mead thinks they just might be done by opening day. Then one of her sister Margot’s old Hollywood friends, Louise, arrives unannounced—and expecting VIP treatment.
Evie has half a mind to tell Louise to find other accommodations, but Margot pleads with Evie, saying that Louise—despite her upbeat and demanding attitude—is grieving her recently deceased husband. Evie pities her, and besides, the sisters need help. A simple rewiring project has resulted in a major overhaul of the hotel, and they’re way over budget. The small life insurance policy left to Evie by her own husband is gone, and they are desperate for funds. Margot believes that Louise, a marketing guru, can put the hotel on the map and give it the boost it needs.
But when a member of the hotel staff is found dead, and then another murder follows, the sisters’ plans crumble before their eyes. Who would do such a thing—and why? In a rollicking adventure involving a shipwreck filled with buried treasure, a dashing and mysterious Australian named Randy, and old rivalries stretching back to far before Evie and Margot ever set foot on the island, it’s all hands on deck to find the killer—and save the hotel. (Macmillan)
My Opinion: Disappointed that the body didn’t show up until midway through the book, but glad when Detective Inspector Patty Williamson, and her Columbo ways, appeared. Her brashness quickly extrapolated each person’s bits and pieces to come to a plausible, if convoluted, reasoning as to why the death occurred, even if she had to use Kevin Bacon and Bacon’s Law.
I’m still not a hundred percent sold on this series; I think it is growing on me, yet, I am not fully on board. I like the sister’s being chatelaines of the estate, I like the remoteness, but there is still something missing, maybe a truer sense of danger and intrigue, which I think would make me a full-fledged fan.
From the Publisher: Renovations on Tregarrick Rock Hotel are coming along, and Evie Mead thinks they just might be done by opening day. Then one of her sister Margot’s old Hollywood friends, Louise, arrives unannounced—and expecting VIP treatment.
Evie has half a mind to tell Louise to find other accommodations, but Margot pleads with Evie, saying that Louise—despite her upbeat and demanding attitude—is grieving her recently deceased husband. Evie pities her, and besides, the sisters need help. A simple rewiring project has resulted in a major overhaul of the hotel, and they’re way over budget. The small life insurance policy left to Evie by her own husband is gone, and they are desperate for funds. Margot believes that Louise, a marketing guru, can put the hotel on the map and give it the boost it needs.
But when a member of the hotel staff is found dead, and then another murder follows, the sisters’ plans crumble before their eyes. Who would do such a thing—and why? In a rollicking adventure involving a shipwreck filled with buried treasure, a dashing and mysterious Australian named Randy, and old rivalries stretching back to far before Evie and Margot ever set foot on the island, it’s all hands on deck to find the killer—and save the hotel. (Macmillan)
My Opinion: Disappointed that the body didn’t show up until midway through the book, but glad when Detective Inspector Patty Williamson, and her Columbo ways, appeared. Her brashness quickly extrapolated each person’s bits and pieces to come to a plausible, if convoluted, reasoning as to why the death occurred, even if she had to use Kevin Bacon and Bacon’s Law.
I’m still not a hundred percent sold on this series; I think it is growing on me, yet, I am not fully on board. I like the sister’s being chatelaines of the estate, I like the remoteness, but there is still something missing, maybe a truer sense of danger and intrigue, which I think would make me a full-fledged fan.
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