by Paige Shelton (Shelton)
It’s spring in Benedict, Alaska. Time for mud and the annual Death walk, where citizens come to town to mark down that they made it through the winter. When an older gentleman named Al doesn’t show up. Beth and Orin hike up to check on him. When they find him he’s ill and hadn’t eaten in a while. Beth fixes him food and begins to care for him while Orin goes for help.
Though help arrives Orin doesn’t
return, soon after that Beth realized her new friend Kaye was checked off the
“census,” but hasn’t been seen for a while. When someone finds her dead Beth
starts to ask questions. The Millers (Kaye’s husband’s family and the Oliphants
are the modern Alaskan Hatfield and McCoys, it comes to light that Kaye has
been hanging around with the Oliphants and may have been having an affair with
Cyrus the younger son. Beth is also still looking for her father who’s been
missing for many years. Could the killer have been Kaye’s husband? Her lover?
Or did she stumble on Beth’s own father?
I like the characters in this
series and this is a great addition. Beth is becoming more comfortable with her
new role in life and we’re learning more about the townsfolk. I was attracted
to the series because it’s set in Alaska and this book does not disappoint in
the mystery or the description of life in Alaska.
(If you enjoy this, you may also
wish to try Breakup by Dana Stabenow, or Bitter Rain by Shannon Baker.)
( official Paige Shelton
web site )
Recommended
by Marcy G.
South and Gere Branch Libraries
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