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In this tale of suspense and murder, novelist Eden Winter finds herself caught up in the mystery which eventually leads to a shattering conclusion.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
This latest romantic-suspense spellbinder from Ogilvie ( The Summer of the Osprey ) concerns a somnolent coastal town in Maine that is shaken by unexpected reverberations from a long-dormant scandal. In 1927, Guy Rigby deserted his wife, embezzled $250,000 from his own bank and dashed off to France with Mary Ann Esmond, whom he eventually married, and who went on to become a renowned pianist. Now widowed, Mary Ann and her sister, Emma, a violinist, have boldly returned to Maine despite the whispers their presence continues to provoke. The talented ladies endear themselves to the narrator, novelist Eden Winter; she, however, is fated to discover their bodies, mutilated by an ax-wielding intruder. There are plenty of suspects: Robbie Mackenzie, who had vainly implored Mary Ann for piano lessons; mysterious newcomer Nick Raintree; Lucas Wolcott, a vicious drunkard whose physically abused daughter was staying with the sisters; or someone still seeking revenge for Guy's betrayal years ago. An ominous undercurrent of cruelty, death and violence runs throughout the storyan effective contrast to the town's tranquil beauty and clannish quaintness. The murderer's identity is a genuine shocker. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Another lobster potboiler by the Maine maven and author of some 39 novels. This time an ax murderer is loose in a small coastal town; lots of salty Down Eastern types are keeping their suspicious motives under kelp; the mackerel are running, the waves crashing, the fog rolling, etc., etc. Young Eden Winter, a lady of letters, has just finished her latest novel when intriguing material surfaces for a new book: the aging Esmond sisters return to their estate at Fox Point, setting the town on its ear. It seems that 60-some years ago the elder Esmond, Mary Ann, ran off to Paris with a local banker and a quarter of a million in embezzled funds. She's now widowed and a famous concert pianist, planning on spending her golden years with her younger sister, Emma, at the familial manse. But then author Eden stumbles upon their bloody corpses, and becomes confidante to just about every potential perpetrator, including: a deranged piano tuner; Nick Raintree, an outsider (from New Jersey) with dark good looks and one earring; and a battered teen-ager offered shelter by the Esmonds. However, one by one the whole crew comes up with alibis, and Eden finds that her best friend since grade school, Fiona Heriot, is inexplicably in possession of a small ceramic cat that belonged to the Esmonds--evidence that points eventually to the awful truth: that good old Fee has turned over a psychopathic leaf. The plot here has all the tension of a pile of uncoiled line, but, as usual, Ogilvie baits her hook with local color, and thus should haul in her regular catch of fans. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
