Murder Will Out
A Mystery
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award winner Jennifer K. Breedlove brings coastal Maine to life in Murder Will Out, a lighter, modern gothic mystery that's as atmospheric as it is heart-warming.
Come for the memories. Stay for the murder...
Little North Island, off the coast of Maine, is so beautiful it could be a postcard. Organist Willow Stone cherishes her memories of childhood summers spent on the island with her godmother Sue... even though her visits ended abruptly, and she hasn't seen or heard from her godmother in over fifteen years. Until a letter from Sue—and word of Sue’s death—brings Willow back to the picturesque island.
The islanders rarely mention Sue without also bringing up Cameron House, and the controversy around Sue’s unexpected inheritance of the sprawling mansion. When Willow overhears someone threatening the next heir to the property, she starts to question whether Sue’s death was really an accident, and can’t help but wonder whether someone on this sleepy island is willing to stop at nothing—even murder—to claim Cameron House for their own.
Through Willow’s eyes, as well as those of others on the island, a mystery unfolds that keeps drawing Willow back to Cameron House and the very real ghosts that walk its corridors.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Breedlove debuts with an impressive paranormal-tinted mystery set on an island off the coast of Maine. Willow Stone, 28, is surprised to receive a letter from her godmother, Sue Davis, after hearing nothing from the older woman for 15 years. Sue's letter asks Willow to return to Little North Island, where Willow spent summers as a child. When a quick internet search reveals that Sue died shortly after writing the missive, Willow feels compelled to head east for her funeral. After arriving on Little North, she's ensnared in long-standing feuds about the ownership of Cameron House, a rambling mansion passed down through multiple generations of the island's founding family until former owner Effie Cameron left it to Sue with the request that she operate it as a historical society. That bequeathal set many tongues wagging. Now, Sue's death has dug up fresh questions about the mansion's ownership, which intensify when someone in the mix to inherit the property turns up dead. Horrified, Willow works to get to the bottom of the case, receiving unexpected help from the ghosts who haunt the mansion. Breedlove supplies enough suspects, red herrings, and family secrets to keep readers guessing until the final page. It's a promising first effort.
