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Fogged Inn: 12/29/23
Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross and Dara Rosenberg (Narrator) (2016) is the fourth book in the Maine Clambake mystery series. Winter is approaching and Julia and boyfriend Chris are sharing the apartment above Gus's. A few nights a week they run Gus's restaurant for dinner since it's the off season. After a particularly strange dinner, one where the diners were stuck there because of an accident on the one road into town, Gus finds a body in the walk-in. The dead man was one of the guests the night before. Julia, convinced that someone in the restaurant killed him decides to investigate. What unfolds is an investigation into another era of Busman's Harbor history. This time it's 1970s and a particular set of summer folk who had grown up together, partied together, and then drifted apart for a variety of reasons. Of all the old mysteries being tied to a new murder plots I've read, this one stands out because it's one of the rare one where the amateur sleuth doesn't get it all right. There's enough information there for the reader to piece things together too but it's ultimately the local authorities who figure everything out. That's not to say that Julia isn't helpful, she was, but she was too quick to jump to conclusions. The fifth book is Iced Under (2016). Four stars Comments (0) |