Bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle and her policeman beau Joe Flynn
hgave finally gotten hitched-and they're off on a sunny honeymoon to beautiful
Buccaneer Beach.But an unfortunate confrontation with a dune buggy run amok
puts hubby Joe in hospital traction-leaving his beleaguered blushing bride
stranded in paradise with a bad case of ennui by the sea. Luckily
irrepressible cousin Renie has selflessly agreed to keep Judith company. And
when the landlady of their cozy, costly cottage by the shore turns up dead in
their living room, the cousins suddenly have a murderous mystery to keep them
afloat. Rumors of a fortune in buried pirate gold add spice to their
adventure. But digging up both a treasure and a killer is dirty business-and
Judith and Renie might end up digging their own graves.
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Review
"Sly humor and domestic details...light and cozy fare." -- Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Mary Richardson Daheim is a Seattle native with a communications degree from
the University of Washington. Realizing at an early age that getting published
in books with real covers might elude her for years, she worked on daily
newspapers and in public relations to help avoid her creditors. She lives in
her hometown in a century-old house not unlike Hillside Manor, except for the
body count. Daheim is also the author of the Alpine mystery series, the mother
of three daughters, and has three grandchildren.
Description:
Bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle and her policeman beau Joe Flynn hgave finally gotten hitched-and they're off on a sunny honeymoon to beautiful Buccaneer Beach.But an unfortunate confrontation with a dune buggy run amok puts hubby Joe in hospital traction-leaving his beleaguered blushing bride stranded in paradise with a bad case of ennui by the sea. Luckily irrepressible cousin Renie has selflessly agreed to keep Judith company. And when the landlady of their cozy, costly cottage by the shore turns up dead in their living room, the cousins suddenly have a murderous mystery to keep them afloat. Rumors of a fortune in buried pirate gold add spice to their adventure. But digging up both a treasure and a killer is dirty business-and Judith and Renie might end up digging their own graves.
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Review
"Sly humor and domestic details...light and cozy fare." -- Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Mary Richardson Daheim is a Seattle native with a communications degree from the University of Washington. Realizing at an early age that getting published in books with real covers might elude her for years, she worked on daily newspapers and in public relations to help avoid her creditors. She lives in her hometown in a century-old house not unlike Hillside Manor, except for the body count. Daheim is also the author of the Alpine mystery series, the mother of three daughters, and has three grandchildren.