Author: Karen MacInerney
Published: June 28th 2019 Self-Published
Format: eBook, Paperback, 244 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Series: Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series #9
Some weekends are made for simple books full of familiar faces and a bit of a murder on the side.
Some shenanigans are going on with the lobstermen of Cranberry Cove. Enough so that an investigator is coming to the island to keep an eye on one trapper. Unfortunately, this young woman is killed before she can step foot on the lobster boat. Following her death, it comes to light she wasn’t there for the lobster counts, after all, she had ulterior motives and now someone is desperately trying to cover up the real reason she was there.
Add in the usual love story subplots, a new artist retreat, and an illness which is keeping a much-loved character bedridden, plus delicious recipes, and you have the usual plot of Natalie Barnes Investigates. It is truly surprising how no one on this island is as cleaver or is as quick as she is. Yet, she always seems to be knocked over the head when someone is trying to getaway.
Since Karen MacInerney has taken to self-publishing, there is a bit of a letdown when it comes to proofreading and editing. The flow is slightly off in this book, old tried and true plotlines are easily inserted, and nothing new ever happens. Yet, we continue to come back to the familiar and to check in on the meandering goats that are still munching on the delectable geraniums.
Some shenanigans are going on with the lobstermen of Cranberry Cove. Enough so that an investigator is coming to the island to keep an eye on one trapper. Unfortunately, this young woman is killed before she can step foot on the lobster boat. Following her death, it comes to light she wasn’t there for the lobster counts, after all, she had ulterior motives and now someone is desperately trying to cover up the real reason she was there.
Add in the usual love story subplots, a new artist retreat, and an illness which is keeping a much-loved character bedridden, plus delicious recipes, and you have the usual plot of Natalie Barnes Investigates. It is truly surprising how no one on this island is as cleaver or is as quick as she is. Yet, she always seems to be knocked over the head when someone is trying to getaway.
Since Karen MacInerney has taken to self-publishing, there is a bit of a letdown when it comes to proofreading and editing. The flow is slightly off in this book, old tried and true plotlines are easily inserted, and nothing new ever happens. Yet, we continue to come back to the familiar and to check in on the meandering goats that are still munching on the delectable geraniums.
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