Friday 56 #20 – Murder on Whoopee Island – Clam Wake by Mary Daheim

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The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.

The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find any sentence, or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

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CLAM WAKE by Mary Daheim

A bed – and – breakfast mystery

Mary Daheim is a prolific writer, but this is my first foray into one of her adventures.

I love cozy mysteries and am finding some chuckles, as Judith and Renie prepare to take a little vacation to Whoopee Island.

I will be reviewing Clam Wake on August 28, 2014, so be sure and check back.

1771e-addtogoodreadsblack(page 56 of the hardcover)

Judith responded. “We’re natives. Rain doesn’t bother us. We wanted to walk a bit before it got too stormy.”

Jacobson nodded. “Several people had done that in the early afternoon, including the victim. The locals know when a storm is brewing.” He paused. “Mr. Glover hadn’t been dead for more than half an hour.”

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SYNOPSIS

Innkeeper and irrepressible sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn and cousin Renie face off against a cold-blooded killer in a beach community in this delightfully charming Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Mary Daheim.

With the holidays gone and Hillside Manor almost empty, Innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn has a bad case of the blues. A housesitting stint at her aunt and uncle’s retirement home on Whoopee Island with cousin Renie seems like the ideal pick-me-up. Surrounded by retirees in the off-season sounds peaceful and pleasant–or so the duo thinks. But it isn’t long before a dead body pops up in their vicinity. Not surprising in an area full of older folks—until they learn it wasn’t a bad ticker that did in the victim, but a very sharp knife. With clouds of suspicion hovering over her and Renie, Judith reluctantly begins sleuthing—if only to prove they didn’t commit the crime.

But what she finds is puzzling. The victim reputedly didn’t have an enemy in the world–except for the killer. Digging for clams and answers, the cousins discover that retirement can be deadly—at least among the eclectic, eccentric residents of Obsession Shores.

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8 thoughts on “Friday 56 #20 – Murder on Whoopee Island – Clam Wake by Mary Daheim”

    • I just started it and will be reviewing it on August 28, 2014. Guess I need to add that to this post – forgot. I am thinking the same thing you are. ^_^

    • The cover made me think of Cape Cod and there has been more than one murder there that I know of. This should be great.

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