Death, Island Style - Hardcover

Oh what fun it is to write about Christmas shops! Every beach vacation I ever took seemed to involve a visit to one of those special shops with decorations of every persuasion! I'm quite fond of the Savannah Santas made from oyster shells, the angels made from scallop shells. Can you see the trend here?

Death, Island Style merged two of my favorite activities, being at the beach and enjoying all things Christmas. If barking dog Christmas songs, as well as reverent hymns of Christmas, are in your wheelhouse, you will enjoy this fun caper.

Poor MaryBeth. She's in so much trouble. Not only is she searching for a new identity, the cops think she ditched her old life on purpose. But she doesn't let that get her down, boldly plunging into owning a Christmas shop and taking on a class of elementary arts and crafts students.

And Russ. Ummm. Many people have asked about the mysterious pharmacist. He's mysterious for a reason! "Nuff said!

Recent widow MaryBeth Cashour moved six hundred miles to escape memories of her late mother's betrayal and her husband's mysterious death. While beachcombing for seashells to use at her artsy Christmas shop, MaryBeth finds a corpse rolling in the surf on Sandy Shores Island.

The horror doesn't end there. When detectives uncover a connection between the murdered man and MaryBeth, she's their prime suspect. It's not her fault the dead guy had one of her hand-painted Christmas sharks in his pocket--she doesn't even know him. Besides, lots of people from the Mid-Atlantic region vacation in coastal Georgia. She insists it's a coincidence he's here. The cops don't believe her.

As her world comes unglued, MaryBeth strips the shellac from her memories, discovering secrets that endanger her life. But time to prove her innocence is running out faster than a riptide. The killer is crafting up a new murder--MaryBeth's.

Death, Island-Style is a cozy mystery flavored with eccentric southerners, Christmas music, and hand-painted holiday decorations. Set in sunny coastal Georgia, the book reveals the struggles of a young woman trying to make her Christmas gift shop profitable while dodging a murder rap. Beach scenes, a hunky pharmacist, and disastrous craft projects add sparkle and humor.