- Hardcover: 262 pages
- Publisher: Cengage Gale (15 Feb 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1432825666
- ISBN-13: 978-1432825669
- Product Dimensions: 14.5 x 3 x 21.8 cm
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable Cozy is a winner
12 Mar 2012
By Jacqueline Seewald
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Maggie Toussaint knows how to create a sympathetic protagonist. MaryBeth Cashour is walking along the beach on an island in McLinn County, Georgia when she finds the body of a man washed up on shore. This brings back unpleasant memories of her husband Bernie who drowned three months earlier. However, neither the body of her husband of ten years nor their savings ever turned up. MaryBeth is a woman with no friends, no family, no roots and very little in the way of financial resources. But she does have courage. She purchased a small Christmas crafts business, made friends with Rus Marchone, pharmacist and good guy, and a number of other local people. However, MaryBeth is in for some very unpleasant surprises. Secrets from the past won't stay hidden or buried. The tension and suspense tightens as her life is in jeopardy and she must find the means to save herself. This well-written novel is a pleasure for mystery readers. The only regret will be finishing it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
What sticks more your prior life or sand between your toes?
8 Mar 2012
By Mary J. Gramlich
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Starting over is never easy and MaryBeth Cashour is living proof of that. After her husband's tragic death, she discovers he left her with nothing but the shirt on her back. Recovering from that she goes home to struggle through the final days of her mother's life. MaryBeth has been kicked, hard but she is going to be stronger from this she just knows that for sure.
MaryBeth knows she can start life fresh in the small coastal town she now lives in, running the local craft store. The other thing MaryBeth knows is that there is a dead guy on the beach in front of her. Can things get any worse; probably she seems to be a magnet for trouble these days.
The police think she is involved, her late husband may not be dead at all, the mob is coming after her, and the pharmacist next door really does present a nice view from the back. When nothing in life adds up anymore, you can always count on friends. The friends may be new but still good people helping MaryBeth out with some great advice and even better brownies. Trying to dodge trouble is proving harder than one might think. MaryBeth gets closer to some answers and yet further away from the facts that were the life she once lived. If her husband is not dead is she still married or maybe the woman in the other room is his wife now that MaryBeth had him declared dead? Too many questions lead to a headache and tears over a situation she has no control and is getting worse by the second.
What a great ride Maggie Toussaint takes her readers on. This book has mystery, suspense, some romance, and a touch of daring all from our leading woman, MaryBeth!
MaryBeth knows she can start life fresh in the small coastal town she now lives in, running the local craft store. The other thing MaryBeth knows is that there is a dead guy on the beach in front of her. Can things get any worse; probably she seems to be a magnet for trouble these days.
The police think she is involved, her late husband may not be dead at all, the mob is coming after her, and the pharmacist next door really does present a nice view from the back. When nothing in life adds up anymore, you can always count on friends. The friends may be new but still good people helping MaryBeth out with some great advice and even better brownies. Trying to dodge trouble is proving harder than one might think. MaryBeth gets closer to some answers and yet further away from the facts that were the life she once lived. If her husband is not dead is she still married or maybe the woman in the other room is his wife now that MaryBeth had him declared dead? Too many questions lead to a headache and tears over a situation she has no control and is getting worse by the second.
What a great ride Maggie Toussaint takes her readers on. This book has mystery, suspense, some romance, and a touch of daring all from our leading woman, MaryBeth!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Stellar Book!
16 April 2013
By Chloegirl
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Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Author Maggie Toussaint has written some wonderful books. In Death, Island Style she serves up another great book filled with a mixture of mystery & suspense. In the beginning, main character MaryBeth Cashour is walking along the beach on Sandy Shore Island looking for shells. Six months ago her husband of ten years drowned and three months later her mother passed away of cancer. Then while looking through her mom's papers she finds out she is adopted. After receiving this final emotional punch she makes a major life decision. Since she has no other family & had to sell all her possessions to pull herself out of the debt that her dead husband left her in, she gets in her car & keeps driving until she ends up on Sandy Shore Island. She ends up purchasing a little gift shop called Christmas by the Sea that sells shells made into Christmas ornaments. As if her life isn't already overwhelming she stumbles across a dead body floating just off shore.
Ms. Toussaint keeps you in suspense while the plot twists & turns. Is her husband dead or alive? Who keeps making strange phone calls to her saying nothing? Why does someone break into & trash her house & shop? And most importantly, how does a woman who for the last 10 years who has been completely dominated by her husband survive on her own? Helping Marybeth through these emotional & physical hard times are her next door neighbor, Daisy Pearl (mother to 24 children) & the hunky pharmacist,Russ.
This is one book I could not put down. I highly recommend this book to all.
Ms. Toussaint keeps you in suspense while the plot twists & turns. Is her husband dead or alive? Who keeps making strange phone calls to her saying nothing? Why does someone break into & trash her house & shop? And most importantly, how does a woman who for the last 10 years who has been completely dominated by her husband survive on her own? Helping Marybeth through these emotional & physical hard times are her next door neighbor, Daisy Pearl (mother to 24 children) & the hunky pharmacist,Russ.
This is one book I could not put down. I highly recommend this book to all.
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