Isabel Puddles Investigates
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Publisher Description
“Too late” isn’t a factor for Isabel Puddles—until the clock starts ticking on a deadly mystery in the cozy town of Gull Harbor, Michigan . . .
Isabel is living life on her terms as summer stirs the peaceful shores of Lake Michigan. Only slowing down to meet her oldest friend for daily coffee, the newly licensed PI has found herself chipping away at the college degree she never completed—and, to her surprise, eagerly awaiting letters from her pen pal, an admired British mystery writer. But when her latest client turns out to be an extravagant recluse who’s rich both in secrets and money, Isabel becomes embroiled in the strange world of Rust Belt royalty and the Memorial Day Weekend disappearance of a handsome young heir.
Beyond the famous family name and ugly rumors surrounding her, Abigail Bachmeier is an enigma. With one great nephew presumed dead after vanishing off the side of a ferry, Abigail makes the strange request to locate another missing relative. As Isabel investigates and gets closer to revealing at least one more possible murder, she begins to suspect yet another life could soon be in terrible danger—her own.
Praise for Meet Isabel Puddles
“Fans of Garrison Keillor’s tales of Lake Wobegon will be enchanted.”
—Publisher Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Isabel Puddles, formerly a hairdresser in Gull Harbor, Mich., takes on her first case as a licensed PI in Byrne's cute if padded sequel to 2020's Meet Isabel Puddles. When Randolph "Trey" Bachmeier III, who has "the reputation of being an entitled and arrogant playboy," disappears from a Great Lakes ferry before reaching Gull Harbor, his reclusive beer heiress aunt, Abigail Bachmeier, hires Isabel to investigate. While Isabel is still searching for Trey, Abigail asks her to find yet another missing relative. What Isabel discovers suggests the possibility that "three generations of Bachmeier men had all been murdered." Some endearing characters and the appealing setting compensate in part for the many digressions, such as the chapter devoted to a jilting Abigail suffered 50 years earlier. This is a good fit for Murder She Wrote fans.
