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Stowed Away: 06/22/24
Stowed Away by Barbara Ross and Dara Rosenberg (Narrator) (2017) is the sixth book in the Maine Clambake mystery series. A full year has passed since Jill Snowden returned home to help run the family business. This year looks to be a promising one but the woman invited to assess the family home for its historic value finds herself accused of murdering a wealthy recluse who lives aboard a former Canadian naval ship converted into a luxury yacht. Wyatt Jayne, the architect accused of murder has a painful past with Jill, making her hesitant to help in solving the murder. But it's still an interesting puzzle involving a staged scene and a missing ring that apparently only Jill saw. The set up for this mystery, though set aboard ship, is similar to The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle (2022). But the approach here is subtler, so much so that I missed the twist. What keeps me coming back to this series is the author's gentle and nuanced approach to her characters. Rather that going for the most sensational or melodramatic scenarios, she sets things up with enough breathing room for her characters to take stock of the situation. Instead of jumping to the worst conclusion and spending the majority of the book fuming, characters will have those painful conversations before things get out of hand. The seventh book is Steamed Open (2018). Five stars Comments (0) |