Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Waiting on Wednesday (18)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It is designed to showcase books that are about to release that we can't wait to get our hands on...

My choice this week is: Berried to the Hilt by Karen MacInerney. It is the 4th book in the Gray Whale Inn mystery series. It's a great cozy mystery series! This book releases the week of November 23rd.

Purchase: Barnes & Noble, Book Depository, Borders, IndieBound

Synopsis:

When a lobsterman pulls up a 200-hundred-year-old anchor, Cranberry Island is abuzz with excitement. Is it from the elusive Santa Elena, a famous 18th century pirate ship?

Soon the island is swarming with marine archeologists, treasure seekers, and ghost-hunters. It's good news for Natalie - and the Gray Whale Inn - until one of her guests turns up dead. Will Natalie find the killer? Or will she be joining the lost ship's crew, down in Davy Jones' Locker?

Publishers Weekly:

In Agatha-finalist MacInerery's enjoyable fourth Gray Whale Inn mystery (after 2008's Murder Most Maine), innkeeper Natalie Barnes' biggest concern is choosing the winner of the Cranberry Island annual cranberry bake-off, until a lobsterman hauls up a piece of an old sunken ship. The inn quickly goes from vacancies galore to a full house as University of Maine archeologists and members of a Florida-based treasure hunting group swoop in to vie for first claim on the discovery. Most vocal of the Cranberry Island residents is elderly Eleazar White, who insists that anything hauled from the ship belongs in Maine. Eleazar threatens treasure hunter Gerald McIntire with an antique cutlass only hours before Gerald's dead body is found floating at the wreck site. Natalie determines to prove Eleazar innocent of murder while planning her wedding and keeping peace among her feuding guests. The satisfying conclusion will whet the readers appetite for Natalie's next adventure.