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Torn Asunder
A Maine Clambake Mystery
Barbara Ross
Kensington Cozies
What a great way to end the series. Yes,
that is right; this is book 12, the final one in the Maine Clambake series
which means no more amazing lobster related recipes and the end of a well
written story arc. Spoiler alert, there is an excellent epilogue as well as a
very tasty orange and fennel salad recipe among many other tasty sounding
recipes. On to the story…imagine your friend and business partner is getting
married, it is her rehearsal dinner and you are the maid of honor, the wedding
planner, the venue coordinator and the caterer (essentially). Zoey has all the
confidence that Julia has this covered but Julia has a case of pre-wedding
jitters. There are all sorts of people there at the Snowden Family Clambake venue
from Zoey’s art friends to Jaime’s New England family. Now imagine there is one
person that no one seems to know but everyone has talked to and he falls down
dead. That gives a whole new take on party crashing. Something doesn’t make
sense someone has to know him because people don’t show up a rehearsal dinner
on a private island without knowing someone. To add a little more mayhem to
this already tense situation, there is a storm and not everyone made it off of
the island but they did make it to Julia‘s family home, Windsholme, which has
become the venue. Then the story takes an even more unusual turn as people
start answering Detective Tom‘s questions and a most interesting picture is
painted because it seems that several members of the wedding party have had
dealings with mysterious and somewhat conniving Mr. Clarkson. There are plenty
of suspects, a surging storm, and misdirection at every turn. The story had me
hooked and while I was distracted by the amazing foods being described I was
able to figure out the “who” and the “why” but not the “when” or the “how”. I
found this series about 6 books in and while I now know how it all ends, I am
still going to go back to the beginning to see how it all started. I give this
book 5 out of 5 lobsters or wedding cakes, your choice.
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