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    Murder by the Sea
    Murder by the Sea
    Murder by the Sea
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    Murder by the Sea

    Written by Kathleen Bridge

    Narrated by Lauren Ezzo

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    When a murderer crashes a masquerade ball, it's up to Liz to unmask the killer . . .

    It's been quite a year for novelist Liz Holt. She's overcome a lot and is finally feeling at peace with her new life at her family's hotel, the Indialantic by the Sea, on the beautiful barrier island of Melbourne Beach, Florida. She's exactly where she needs to be to ring in the New Year at the Florida Writes Literary Masquerade Ball.

    But when her ex-boyfriend surprises her at the ball, she can't disguise her anger, and the two engage in a very public argument. Naturally, after her ex is found dead on the hotel grounds, shot through the heart, Liz tops the suspect list. With the help of family and friends, she needs to clear her name before the real killer waltzes away scot-free . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMay 21, 2019
    ISBN9781977337160

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    • 3/5
      Liz Holt is a novelist who lives in Florida at an old hotel-turned-boarding-house with her father, a semi-retired attorney, and her aunt Amelia, an ex-actress who owns the place. She's excited to be attending their annual literary ball, or at least she would be if she hadn't discovered that her ex-boyfriend, novelist Travis Ostermann, is there, and he's up to no good.Liz and Travis broke up when they got into a fight one night that left her with a scar on her face. He wrote a fictionalized account of the evening, and now he's back trying to blackmail Liz into going on a book tour to promote the book. She, of course, wants nothing to do with it, and they have words, which are witnessed by one of the guests. When Travis is discovered murdered, Liz becomes the prime suspect. But she - and her family and friends - know she's innocent. So who killed Travis? While there are plenty of suspects, it won't be easy going, considering no one wants to give information and the press are surrounding them like hawks. It will take Liz and her friends everything they have to ferret out the truth or she'll be writing her next novel in jail...This is the third book in the series, and I always like to give authors at least three books before I make a final judgment. Here it is: I'm done with this series. After three books we finally get to know what happened to Liz on that fateful evening that permanently scarred her, and it's not dramatic, just an accident after all. Silly me; I was thinking that perhaps Travis pushed her through a sliding glass door or something, but alas, no. Very simple and very ho-hum.Also, there are just too many characters and the author keeps adding more and more. Why everyone has to 'pair off' is beyond me, and all these characters just bog down the story. Liz also doesn't act like a woman who's not yet thirty. She spends her time with octogenarians and acts just like them. I also didn't understand why she'd go searching for Travis on her own, at night, knowing the type of person he is. She should have at least grabbed her friend Kate to go with her. It's not very smart of her at all.In the end, the book lost me with all of the characters and too many back stories. One or two is fine, but first you have to invest yourself in the characters, and I can't see anyone liking Susannah, and Liz herself isn't that likable as a protagonist. Unfortunately, while there may be more books in this series, I just don't care for it enough to continue reading. Not a bad series, and many might find it delightful, but it's just not for me.
    • 5/5
      family, friendship, cozy-mystery, murder, amateur-sleuth, women-sleuths, Florida, law-enforcement, private-investigators***** The New Year's costume ball should be a fun thing, but an old nemesis shows up and then gets himself murdered. That seems to make mystery novelist Liz the prime suspect, but she and her patchwork family won't allow anyone the easy way out of this mess. Her father is a lawyer, his fiancee is a police detective, her love interest is a PI, but it's her Aunt Amelia was an actress in many of the mid century TV shows and there is lots of reminiscing done. Add in a disreputable publishing rep, a local TV newshound, a beautiful restored family hotel, a rescued parrot prone to voicing obscenities, and an eager dedicated police detective, and you have a great cozy that holds nose to page until finished!I requested and received a free ebook copy from Kensington Books /Lyrical Underground via NetGalley. Thank you!