Muddled Through
Jun 2022 · A Maine Clambake Mystery Book 10 · Kensington Books
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Mud season takes on a whole new meaning in the coastal town of Busman's Harbor, Maine, when local business owners sling dirt at one another in a heated feud over a proposed pedestrian mall. Vandalism is one thing, but murder means Julia Snowden of the Snowden Family Clambake steps in to clean up the case . . .
When Julia spots police cars in front of Lupine Design, she races over. Her sister Livvie works there as a potter. Livvie is unharmed but surrounded by smashed up pottery. The police find the owner Zoey Butterfield digging clay by a nearby bay, but she has no idea who would target her store. Zoey is a vocal advocate for turning four blocks of Main Street into a pedestrian mall on summer weekends. Other shop owners, including her next-door neighbor, are vehemently opposed. Could a small-town fight provoke such destruction? When a murder follows the break-in, it’s up to Julia to dig through the secrets and lies to uncover the truth . . .
Praise for Shucked Apart
“An intelligent, well-plotted page-turner with likeable characters and a doozy of an ending. Highly recommended.”
—Suspense Magazine
When Julia spots police cars in front of Lupine Design, she races over. Her sister Livvie works there as a potter. Livvie is unharmed but surrounded by smashed up pottery. The police find the owner Zoey Butterfield digging clay by a nearby bay, but she has no idea who would target her store. Zoey is a vocal advocate for turning four blocks of Main Street into a pedestrian mall on summer weekends. Other shop owners, including her next-door neighbor, are vehemently opposed. Could a small-town fight provoke such destruction? When a murder follows the break-in, it’s up to Julia to dig through the secrets and lies to uncover the truth . . .
Praise for Shucked Apart
“An intelligent, well-plotted page-turner with likeable characters and a doozy of an ending. Highly recommended.”
—Suspense Magazine
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Janice Tangen
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February 26, 2022
Maine, law-enforcement, amateur-sleuth, felony vandalism, murder, murder-investigation, conflict, greed, family-business, family-dynamics, friendship, small-business, small-town, local-politics, tourist-town, cozy-mystery, divorce***** Julia is part of the family who operate the Snowden Family Clambake on their private island on the coast of Maine. This winter she is rather at loose ends and is staying with her widowed mother. Her sister works down the block at a pottery store for a gifted potter. The store shares a basement with the shop next door. The initial alarming incidents are a contentious argument at a town hall meeting followed by the discovery of felony vandalism at the pottery store. Then comes the murder of the next-door shop owner. Let the sleuthing begin. I love this series, but the author slips items of past history into the tale so well that it could probably stand alone. The ongoing characters seem so real and engaging, and the new ones are clearly presented. I loved it! I requested and received a free e-book copy from Kensington Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
Linda Mullen
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July 30, 2022
A fine mystery, with several desperate love stories including our main character's unfinished history in love. I'm haunted by her decisions and her future
Christine Rodriguez
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December 23, 2022
Awesome, wish Chris was still Julia's boyfriend
About the author
Barbara Ross is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries and the Jane Darrowfield Mysteries. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. Barbara’s Maine Clambake novellas are included along with stories by Leslie Meier and Lee Hollis in holiday anthologies from Kensington Publishing. Barbara and her husband live in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com.
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