Lowcountry Bonfire (Liz Talbot Mystery #6) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Oct 31, 2024 Chaitra rated it liked it

Shelves: ghosts, private-eye, paranormal, cozy-mystery, mystery, part-of-a-series

I don't like Colleen. I don't care for the whole aspect of there's this guardian ghost for this one special snowflake of a place.

Riddle me this Colleen. She vaguely claims that she stopped some rando Italian developer who wanted to buy up land in Stella Maris because his girlfriend loved the place. Which other part of the world got sacrificed in the process?

Liz's recurring dream is beyond annoying as well. First of all, maybe pick your butt up and do something about hurricane readiness and eva ...more

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Jul 17, 2019 Mary Ann rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle-e-books, library, audio, cozy-mystery

#6 Liz Talbot Mysteries

Liz and her husband become involved in the murder case of Zeke when his body is found in the trunk of his car when the fire department breaks it open to douse the fire his wife started. They don't believe she murdered him and they are correct when they find out he was poisoned with strychnine. They help her brother, Blake, in the investigation as the mayor had signed them to help with certain cases. They learn about their neighbors and the true life of Zeke - a former CIA ...more

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Jun 30, 2018 Nell rated it it was amazing

Shelves: awards-finalists, southern, okra, z2018

This is an excellent mystery. It starts dramatically when the victim's wife sets his car ablaze (like Angela Bassett (Bernardine) in Waiting to Exhale). When her husband turns up dead, she is the prime suspect until Liz and her partner/husband start looking into his past. Are the stories he told about his time away from the island tall tales or true? Is the culprit an islander or someone else? Is the bonfire a red herring or did something happen there?

The author plays fair - The reader learns t ...more

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