Thursday, December 6, 2018

STEAMED OPEN BY BARBARA ROSS

STEAMED OPEN (A MAINE CLAMBAKE MYSTERY) BY BARBARA ROSS is the seventh in the series,but for me its the first I've read. 

Its the peak of the tourist season in the little Maine town of Busman's Harbor,Maine . The story starts out with the death of a beloved citizen Heloise (Lou) Henrickson & the people of Busman's Harbor are on the Jacquie II to give Lou a big sendoff.  Everyone  loved Lou and the citizens will miss her immensely, especially the beachcombers, the lighthouse lovers and the local clammers, who have had free pass to the beach and their livelihood: CLAMS.  Enter Lou's heir, Bartholomew Frick , who puts up a fence and stops the flow of people onto the beach.  And boy they are mad enough to murder! And murder they do.  It's up to Julio Snowden (and the police ) to find out who killed Frick before Julia or someone else becomes another victim !

Walking into the middle of a series can sometimes be difficult for a reader.  I came into this series after six books so I thought I was going to have a problem with it.  Nope!  I picked up on the series very quickly as the characters and location is so well defined through the book it wasnt had to get involved.  The book is  what I call a super fast read and well worth the time if you are into the Cozy Mystery genre!
I recieved this book free from goodreads in exchange for a review

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