Embarking on Murder (Wheeler Cozy Mystery) - Softcover

Wright, Sue Owens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410419665 ISBN 13: 9781410419668

Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Some people really go overboard for their anniversary -- especially spoiled, young Ivy Diggs, who vanishes during a crowded Fourth of July Lake Tahoe dinner cruise on the paddle wheeler Dixie Queen. It's also Elsie MacBean's 50th birthday celebration -- and almost turns out to be her last when Beanie finds herself embarking not only on a calamitous cruise, but also a murder investigation. The assumption is accidental drowning, but Beanie suspects otherwise.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

At the start of Wright's cute if sometimes hokey third cozy to feature Tahoe Tattler reporter Elsie Beanie MacBean and Cruiser, Beanie's beloved basset hound (after 2006's Sirius About Murder), Beanie is having a blast celebrating her Big 5-0 aboard the Dixie Queen on Lake Tahoe, until Frank and Ivy Diggs's anniversary party disrupts the mood. Ivy, a trophy wife despised by Frank's children, informs her husband she wants a divorce, then disappears and is presumed dead by drowning, though her body's not recovered. Beanie's companion, Sheriff Skip Cassidy, suspects homicide. In the course of her investigation, Beanie interviews Crispin Blayne, a professor researching Tahoe Tessie, the lake's Loch Ness–style monster. While Beanie's attraction to Cris sparks some jealousy from her pal Skip, the real emotional interest lies in the warm relationship between Beanie and her sleuthhound sidekick, now equipped with a handy GPS navigator on his collar. (May)
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Review:

"This lighthearted amateur sleuth is a fun Lake Tahoe tale starring an intrepid middle-aged heroine who knows to stay out of an investigation after her dangerous escapades in Sirius About Murder and Howling Bloody Murder, but dives in head first anyway. The characters drive this entertaining tale as eccentrics like Professor Blayne researching the famous Tahoe Tessie lake monster, Nona and Skip bring depth to the murder mystery. However, the tale belongs to that fabulous couple Beanie and Cruiser who navigate the enjoyable cozy." --Harriet Klausner, The Mystery Gazette

"The interaction between Beanie and her basset hound, Cruiser, will keep readers coming back for more." --Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1410419665
• ISBN 13: 9781410419668
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 411