Claws for Alarm: Volume 8 (Gray Whale Inn Mysteries)

It’s summertime on Cranberry Island, and things are heating up for innkeeper Natalie Barnes. She may be hosting a yoga retreat, but the mood at the Gray Whale Inn is anything but Zen. Between juggling dietary restrictions and managing flaring tempers, Natalie’s about ready for a retreat of her own… far away from the inn’s fit but finicky guests. Unfortunately, there’s no reprieve on the island. The lobster co-op and pier are under threat once again, this time by a new arrival whose vision for Cranberry Island looks more like a spread in Coastal Living than a quaint Maine fishing village. When the instigator turns up dead next to the co-op and the police start fishing for suspects, Natalie’s dear friend Claudette is the one they haul up. Will Natalie trap the killer in time? Or will she be next?

Karen MacInerney is the author of numerous popular mystery novels, including the Agatha Award-nominated series The Gray Whale Inn Mysteries, the Dewberry Farm Mysteries, the Margie Peterson Mysteries, and the trilogy Tales of an Urban Werewolf, which was nominated for a P.E.A.R.L. Award by her readers. When she's not working on her novels, she teaches writing workshops in Austin, Texas, where she lives with her family.