Murder at Cuyamaca Beach - Softcover

Sue McGinty

4.17

12 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608300374 ISBN 13: 9781608300372

Publisher: Aberdeen Bay, 2010

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In 2004, Loreli Sereno has everything-looks, wealth, a great job as a real estate broker in a booming market, easy access to addictive substances. Then Loreli, supposedly clean and sober, dies in a kayaking accident with drugs in her system. "Murder," claims the Sereno family, major players in the emerging California Central Coast wine industry. Five years later people have abandoned premium wines for two buck knockoffs. Creative financing forces the nouveau poor from their Mac-mansions, sometimes into homeless shelters. Everyone's credit cards are maxed-out, even Los Lobos residents, Bella and Mike Kowalski's. Bella, a former nun, now a dirt-digging obituary editor, gets an urgent call from Magda Sereno regarding her sister's murder. Magda suspects Loreli's former fianc�, a maverick rancher who takes in the homeless on an ad hoc basis. Then Magda, a surfer, is brutally murdered on New Year's Day at Cuyamaca Beach's annual Polar Bear dip. MURDER AT CUYAMACA BEACH leads readers through the dark underbelly of California's scenic Central Coast, where the homeless gather under bridges while the wealthy slumber beneath satin sheets, and where a crowded, sunny beach offers no guarantee of safety.

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About the Author:

Sue McGinty left behind the technical writing world of McGraw-Hill when she moved to Los Osos, a small community on California’s scenic Central Coast. Since then she has written freelance articles and three Bella Kowalski Central Coast Mystery Novels: MURDER IN LOS LOBOS, MURDER AT CUYAMACA BEACH, and MURDER IN MARIPOSA BAY. A dedicated Sister in Crime, her short fiction has been featured in four of their anthologies. http://www.SueMcGinty.com

Review:

Obituary writer-turned-amateur sleuth Bella Kowalski is back in "Murder at Cuyamaca Beach," the latest from Sue McGinty. McGinty treats readers to thinly veiled references to Central Coast landmarks - and familiar figures. Makes for a fun, brisk read. --Sarah Linn, The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Dec. 13, 2010

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