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Title: Cat Laughing Last

Subtitle: The Joe Grey Mysteries, Book 7

Author: Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Narrator: Susan Boyce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 40 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Even felines with such amazing talents as Joe Grey and his partner, Dulcie, need some down time. Using their amazing abilities to talk and read, theyve helped their unwitting humans put bad guys away. But these clever four-footed detectives cant possibly enjoy a little catnap, not when their lovely seaside village is in an uproar.

Its bad enough that Molena Point has been invaded by a famous writer and his suspiciously rude wife. Then the local yard sales set off a host of puzzling thefts. Whiskers twitching and tails up, Joe Grey and Dulcie cant resist pouncing on the case. Helped by their beloved companion, an inquisitive young tortoiseshell Kit, Joe Grey and Dulcie soon discover that certain collectibles at those sales hold a secret treasure someone will kill to possess. But before the fur can fly this talented trio will unmask a murderer - and unearth a few other surprises along the way.

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Title: Downfall

Author: Jeff Abbott

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-13

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 85 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

No matter who has to die.

The simplest beginnings can unravel a life. For Sam Capra, it is the moment a beautiful young woman walks into his San Francisco bar.

Sam doesn't want trouble. An ex-CIA agent, his only desire now is to build a quiet, peaceful home for himself and his infant son. But Diana Keene is no ordinary customer. She's pursued by two gunmen, and when she finds Sam, she whispers an urgent, desperate plea: "Help me."

And without any warning, Sam is thrust into a fight for his life. For Diana is being hunted by a deadly network - a shadowy alliance of select, influential men and women who use their connections, their authority, and their wealth to bend the world to their will. Now, this network aims its relentless fury against the man interfering with their plans to seize a new level of power: Sam Capra.

Threatened on all sides, Sam has only one hope to survive the network's all-consuming attack and return to his life with his son...he must destroy the man who owns the people who run the world.

Members Reviews:

Entertaining Dan Capra thriller

Author Jeff Abbott certainly keeps the action going. I'm not huge fan of this author or this series, but Downfall is a worthwhile listen.

Very entertaining

If you like Sam Capra, you won't be disappointed. Story occasionally dragged out but they were multiple very enjoyable twists.

adrenaline rush

What made the experience of listening to Downfall the most enjoyable?

it was one twist after another while keeping the twists believable, blending them together in a seamless manner.

Great Installment in the Sam Capra Series

Fast paced and lots of action. Left with a bit of cliff hanger. I can't wait for the next one to come out. If you liked the previous books, you will probably like this one.

Not My Combination...

I'm afraid I only made it 30 minutes into this one...

I've always thought a good reader could save a mediocre book and a mediocre reader could sink a good book. Unfortunately I'm not sure what happened here...

The readers' corny, overheated tone starts from a position of mild hysteria and goes from there. This soap opera-ish approach get ahead of the listener's involvement in the story...drama before you have a chance to get involved.

I'm not familiar with the writer's other work, the melodrama of the writing is not aided by this tone.

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Title: The Russian van Gogh

Author: Robert Child

Narrator: Kelsey Lynn Stokes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-13

Publisher: Rob Child and Associates

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The Russian van Gogh is a thrilling international race against time as Harvard Art History Professor and Forensic Art Detective Riley Spenser, the world's leading expert on the paintings of van Gogh teams up with the British Secret Service to chase down a lost van Gogh.

Riley pairs with a handsome British MI6 Agent, Justin Watson and together they hunt a terrorist who holds the van Gogh painting in Russia. You could consider Riley, the female version of Indiana Jones, super smart and resourceful but also feminine.

Members Reviews:

Fun read

Seemed to read almost like a scenario for a film. Each chapter heading was a venue, people were described as one might cast a part. As a former Bostonian, I can vouch for the sense of place there, which made the scenes in Russia and Chechnya seem believable. Good character development for such a short book.

Great action!

Well written and gripping with believable characters and a plot that keeps your interest peaked. I like this writer's style. Also, the scenes were described in a way that placed you there without overdoing it. I plan to read more of Robert Child's books.

Read like a movie scrpit

I liked this story enough but i must say the scene where Riley runs into the building and she and Justin get close needs improving. It seemed hoaky. Also it seemed everybody was thirty five. Made me laugh noticing that. Other than that it was believable, fast paced and fun.

Three Stars

Good story but rather short

Fun, fast read...

The story line is intriguing and the characters are interesting. I enjoy the art-mystery-history connections so it was fun, fast read.

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Title: Murder on Wheels

Subtitle: Hildegarde Withers, Book 2

Author: Stuart Palmer

Narrator: Julie McKay

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 35 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Thick flakes of snow are falling on Fifth Avenue at twilight - and then the body of a young man suddenly falls among them, mysteriously out of the sky.

Momentarily the wheels of traffic are halted, but other wheels spin relentlessly on - the wheels of death, the wheels on which bloody murder moves silently through Manhattans streets.

Once again Miss Hildegarde Withers, the schoolteacher-detective, matches her wits against an unknown X, armed only with the precious gift of common sense and a cotton umbrella. One youth is dead, and his twin brother moves under a cloud. Then death rolls past again, like a swifter Juggernaut, while Miss Withers faces the problem of the Driverless Roadster, the Man Who Wore Two Neckties, and the Symptoms of Bathtub Hands.

Murder on Wheels is a fast moving mystery, packed with thrills for the fan who likes to play detective.

Members Reviews:

If you can get past the narrator......

This narrator cannot do a man's voice and they all sound like women that's really the only bad part other than that the stories are really good! I'm really enjoying them already started the third one. Really wish they used a better narrator. Besides no men's voices being used....she pronounces words funny never knew that bureau was two words bur-row is how she says it.. So far first 2 books she did a "man" with the cold and lisp. It doesn't help to make it sound like a man...it's just really annoying!!

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Title: Death of a Glutton

Subtitle: Hamish MacBeth, Book 8

Author: M. C. Beaton

Narrator: David Monteath

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Her table manners were a crime. But she didnt deserve to die!

Theres not a cloud in Hamish Macbeths sky - just plenty of warm sunshine but not quite enough of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. But as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in. The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike one another. And the arrival of Marias gross, greedy business partner, Peta, kills the last vestige of romance. And as love goes out the window, murder comes in the door. Peta soon slurps up her last meal and Hamish is left with the baffling puzzle: Who shared the fateful outing that left Peta dead with a large rosy red apple in her mouth.

M. C. Beaton worked as a Fleet Street journalist. She is the author of 16 Agatha Raisin novels, the Hamish MacBeth series, and an Edwardian murder-mystery series. She divides her time between the Cotswolds, where she lives in a village very much like Agatha's beloved Carsely, and Paris.

Members Reviews:

Another Hamish triumph

Would you consider the audio edition of Death of a Glutton to be better than the print version?

Audio gives the book life

What other book might you compare Death of a Glutton to, and why?

Other M C Beaton books including Agatha Raisin as they're full of wonderful descriptions of both landscape and characters and have some wonderfully humorous passages. The lead characters are also never disappointing.

What does David Monteath bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

The accent, the lilting voice and the characterisation just can't be surpassed

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Remember the 7 deadly sins

Any additional comments?

Well worth a listen as is the rest of the series.

I go to bed with Hamish

Would you listen to Death of a Glutton again? Why?

To help me sleep at night i listen to my audio Books and of Hamish i am out like a baby/ Many times

What other book might you compare Death of a Glutton to, and why?

I have Death of a Policeman Death of a Dustman plus 5 others

Have you listened to any of David Monteaths other performances? How does this one compare?

I just love listening to the way he brings out the charators

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No i take many listening times at going back chapters that i have sleeted through

Any additional comments?

Want a good way to go to sleep! Listen to Hamish

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Title: Taking Eve

Subtitle: Eve Duncan, Book 16

Author: Iris Johansen

Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-16-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncans mission is to bring closure to the families whose loved ones have vanished. She knows their anguish - her own beloved daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her when Bonnie was just seven years old. It is only recently that this mystery was resolved and Eve could begin her journey to peace. Now Jim Doane wants the same kind of answers that Eve always longed for. His 25-year-old son may or may not be dead, and he has only burned skull fragments as possible evidence. But he cannot go to the police for answers without risking his own secrets and exposing his dark past, so instead he chooses a bold step to find the truth - a truth that takes Eve down a twisted path of madness and evil and into the darkest heart of her own history. Doane needs Eve Duncans skills and hell do anything to get them.

Even if it means taking Eve.

Members Reviews:

I was so excited to start this trilogy and was hugely disappointed right off the bat

Taking Eve is the First Iris Johansen book that I've read. I was so excited to start this trilogy and was hugely disappointed right off the bat. The writing in this book is terrible! There are no back stories on any of the characters, it simply jumps into everyone being completely overly obsessed with Eve, and I don't get it. The obsession is over the top and completely bizarre, I don't know how the author thought that this would be relate-able to their readers.

The overly descriptive writing is so distracting, that it takes away from the story. Even with the descriptive writing, I can't for the life of me picture any of the characters in my head (lack of story building) - which is a complete first when reading a book. I also don't like the fact that every character in the book refers to one another by first and last name, this is not how people refer to each other in real life.

I started the 2nd book and am trying to read it as fast as possible just to be done with it (I don't like starting an not finishing a story). However, after reading other reviews, I've learned that there will be 3 more books after this series, and I can't handle that so I might just call it quits. This book is a lot of fluff, not much action and completely bizarre. I'm not sure how this book even made it past the publisher.

I was desperate for something to read......

I have read all the Iris Johansen and Eve Duncan books. Recipe for an Iris Johansen trilogy: Take one story that wouldn't even fill one book. Add a whole bunch of drivel that you used in all your other books. Take a couple of characters that you've already written and give them new names (I mean, really, how many of her female characters are going to be not really beautiful but so intelligent and intense that they just captivate all the men). Throw in another killer who needs Eve to sculpt their dead loved one. Stir in all the old characters you've left behind for years, and stretch a bad story into 3 books to sell.

I don't know why I keep reading these. I get annoyed every time and find myself skipping page after page of the same old crap. I feel like I'm reading the unrealistic writings of a 16 year old girl. And, what grown he-man uses terms like "red herring" and reconnoiter? A military guy might talk about doing recon, but never in all my years have I heard a guy talk about reconnoitering.

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Title: Daddy's Home

Author: A. K. Alexander

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-26-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 80 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A killer is roaming the streets of San Diego, preying on single mothers and their children with a depravity that few in the police department have ever seen. Hes hunting for the perfect family...and judging by the trail of bodies hes left scattered across the city, this particular daddy is very hard to please.

For Detective Holly Jennings, the search for the Family Man killer just got personal. Not only is she a single mother struggling, after the death of her husband, to raise her daughter, but now Hollys friend and her daughter have become the Family Mans latest victims. Determined to stop him once and for all, Holly delves deep into the investigation, combing through evidence for clues to his identity. But the closer she gets to the truth, the further she must venture down his dark, twisted path, until she is forced to decide just how high a price shes willing to pay for justice.

Members Reviews:

Great police investigation

I guess I disagree with most of the audio reviewers. First you have the police investigation of a man who is going around killing single mothers and their children because they turned out not to be the killer's perfect family. Second you have the developing relationship between Brandon and Holly.

Holly is a single mother and a CSI investigator. Her husband was killed around the time she found out she was pregnant. She's having a hard time letting him go until Brandon, a vet, comes into the picture.raising two girls of his own alone.

The story switches back and forth between Holly's viewpoint and the killer's viewpoint. Some of the crimes were pretty brutal and some of the women who were killed had interesting secret lives. It's not so much a whodunit since you find out who the killer is fairly early but it's more of the journey to the final showdown, with a few surprises thrown in.

The narrator does have room for improvement but wasn't that much of a distraction from the story.

save yourself!

i find it difficult to fathom that this book ever made it to being published. the characters and dialogue are atrocious and the only kudos i can offer this author is the unique ability to include every cliche turn of phrase in one book! the plot, such as it is, leaves much to be desired and is quite clearly an amateurish attempt at a suspense. add to that the absolutely excruciating narration (think every elementary school play you've ever seen) and you have what may very well be the worst book i have ever read!!

amateurish, at best.

Any additional comments?

The first thing I noticed was the narrator. She delivers the story with all the emotion of a weather reporter, apparently trying to shout over the sound of the rain. Then I noticed the banal conversations between characters, the rote police jargon, the cliché so pervasive it seems almost deliberate. The story did not flow so much as it was excreted in chunks, kind of like a comic book. The language was of a sophistication also appropriate to the comic book. ''that monster kills children, I'll get him if it''s the last thing I ever do." or " Will I ever be able to love again?''

Ever read a book and wonder how it ever got published? The mistake was compounded when some decided to make this an audio book. I thought that if i could get used to the terrible narration, I might find some redeeming qualities in the story.

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Title: Specimen Song

Subtitle: A Gabriel Du Pre Mystery, Book 2

Author: Peter Bowen

Narrator: Jim Meskimen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-15-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 58 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A serial killer follows Du Pré from Washington, DC, back to Montana

A lost and frightened horse plods down the National Mall, startling the crowd. When Gabriel Du Pré spots the confused animal, the connection is immediate, for neither of these creatures belongs in the sweltering heat of a DC summer. Du Pré, a Métis Indian from the wilds of Montana, calms the horse and leads it to the nearest policeman. Du Pré is in Washington to play his peoples music for a Smithsonian festival, but after leading the horse to safety, he encounters a murder instead.

The dead woman is Cree Indian, come down from Canada to sing in the festival. Du Pré tries to put her death out of his mind and returns to Montana, but more killings follow: each time with a primitive weapon, each time foretold by a local shaman. As the body count rises and the killer closes on Du Pré, the lawman vows to never again make the mistake of leaving Montana.

Members Reviews:

The difference between reading & performing

The Gabriel Du Pre' mystery series by Peter Bowen are my favorite books. They are written with a lot of dialect, and have a lot of mystique in them. Now we finally have some more of them in audio, but we no longer have the gifted Christopher Lane reading them. Lane voiced Gabriel Du Pre' with Coyote French gutturals and western twang, creating a truly life-like character in all dimensions.

Mr. Meskimen reads the book adequately, but he does not have the acting ability or the vocal range to bring the characters alive.

Du Pre' is a Montana brand inspector that drives too fast, drinks too much, dances when he can, and fiddles to the happy crowds in Toussaint's lone bar, as well as at other gatherings. He lives in sin with the lovely Madeline, and they both have kids and grandkids. In the case of Du Pre', it's a passle of grandkids, as one of his two daughters decided to make up for her mother's early death by giving her papa a big family to love. The other daughter is a genius, off doing big things.

I tell you these things because you might not learn all of them in this book, and it is important that you know that Du Pre' takes no crap from anybody. Him, he's got good friends, and sometimes he figures things out, just because something doesn't look right. Meanwhile he is proud grandpapa and premier folk fiddler.

Him, he agrees to go to that Washington, D. C., and play his fiddle at a Smithsonian folk music festival, The crowds bother him some, but he enjoys the other musicians, and then the runaway horse comes, and he goes to get it. Takes the horse back, him, and finds a dead person.

I cannot reproduce Peter Bowen's well-written dialect, but I have talked to people, talk like this, and I know this kind of people. Good people. Good author.

You need to start with the first book in the series so that you know more about Du Pre' and the people who live in Montana ranch country. There are several other books in audio form as well, but you'll be hooked by the skills of Christopher Lane in "Coyote Wind," book one of the series. Then listen to this one. Big difference, this. Listen to the others that are already available, and wait anxiously for the rest of them, because even an average reader is better than no reader at all.

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Title: Dead Water

Author: Ann Cleeves

Narrator: Kenny Blyth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-13

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When the body of journalist Jerry Markham is found in a traditional Shetland boat, young Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted in from the Hebrides to head up the investigation. Since the death of his fiancée, Inspector Jimmy Perez has been out the loop, but his interest in this new case is stirred. Markham had left the islands years before to pursue his burgeoning writing career. He had few friends there, so why was he back in Shetland?

Willow and Jimmy are soon led to Sullum Voe, the heart of Shetlands North Sea oil and gas industry. It emerges that Markham was chasing a story in his final days. One that must have been significant enough to warrant his death

Members Reviews:

Fabulous characters, pace and atmosphere

This is the fourth in the Shetlands quartet, and each one has been a gem. The characters are carefully drawn, avoiding cliché, and the sense of island space, light, wind and salt-wave are evoked lightly as the narrative moves on, gathering momentum. I came to this series after listening to the Stanhope mysteries, which I really enjoyed. In the Vera Stanhope series, the focus is more on Vera herself, and Cleeves has an annoying (Agatha Christie-like) habit of holding back clues to the moment of final resolution. Here, though the Shetland mysteries deny the reader the possibility of pitting ourselves against the detective; the hide and reveal is far less obvious, making for a more satisfying and rounded listen. The interactions of the characters are brilliantly conceived and Cleeves moves point of view at will, rounding out the suite of protagonists. This shared role in moving the story on, also allows these stories to wear very lightly the necessities of modern police procedures. So we know there is a suite of staff manning calls from the public, but it appears in passing, as does the CSI process, which seems to disappear off to the labs leaving observation, interview and imagination, to be the stuff of the detective team. Great stuff.

good listen

I am a massive fan of Ann Cleeves and this book did not disappoint, The story is set in Shetland and the location really adds to the atmosphere of plot. Jimmy Perez has returned to Shetland following the death of his fiancee but is gradually drawn back into the investigation of the death of a journalist. It is a book I would recommend if you love a good murder mystery novel

Another terrific "Shetland" mystery

Any additional comments?

Jimmy Perez is still trying to come to terms with his personal tragedy and so, when the son of Shetland residents returns to the islands for purposes of his own and is killed, Willow Reeves, a senior policewoman, is sent to take charge of the case. Against his inclination Perez finds that he is caught up in the investigation and a story that began years ago unfolds against the background of the lonely, open, windswept scenery that Ann Cleeves describes so well. The narration by Kenny Blyth is particularly good and added much to the story.

Worth a Listen

I enjoyed my first Ann Cleeves novel, it was well woven, though I did get a bit lost sometimes (I feel that was MY fault rather than the novel).

The characters were well drawn, and each had an effect on me - whether I liked or disliked them. The killer was not at all obvious to me so I enjoyed the suspense.

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Title: The Labor Day Murder

Subtitle: A Christine Bennett Mystery, Book 10

Author: Lee Harris

Narrator: Dee Macalouso

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Murder Burns on Fire Island

Island old-timers are stunned by the shooting death of Blue Harbor's popular fire chief, followed by the mysterious torching of his house. Rumors soon begin to flare up about the chief's rumored affairs with a vacationing lady lawyer and a girl half his age. But when former nun (now sleuth) Christine Bennett and her police detective husband start asking questions, a thick fog of evasiveness closes in. For this is not the first fire to scorch Blue Harbor. Nor, Chris suspects, is it the first murder - as she soon discovers that the passions that turn good people bad run long and deep and deadly.

Members Reviews:

Excellent. I lkie that the mysteries are old and ...

Own all of this series. Excellent. I like that the mysteries are old and how she goes back to solve them.

Review

Very good mystery. Intriguing plot with lots of good twists at the end. Hard to put down once you're hooked.

Vacation venue + Chris Bennett/Lee Harris = crowd pleaser!

In her tenth outing, Lee Harris gives us amateur sleuth, ex-nun Chris Bennett on vacation with husband Jack and 9-month old baby Eddie, on Fire Island, New York, over Labor Day. The action takes place in the little pedestrian-only town of Blue Harbor, where friend Melanie Gross has a house for two weeks her family suddenly can't use. At first, we get a lot of vivid and interesting descriptions of this unusual setting, a narrow, 32-mile island off the shore of Long Island. The vacation house is lovely, the town almost utopian, and a good time is unfolding for all. Alas, a fire burns down the fire chief's house, killing him in the process, soon ruled a murder. Chris sees a young woman hurrying away from the scene, which is all it takes to get her off and running to solve both this crime, and ultimately, one that took place many years earlier (her specialty). The remainder of the plot is the quizzing and interviewing and visiting of countless residents and suspects until all becomes clear near the end. Another murder mid-way through keeps up the suspense, and a mysterious lady lawyer adds more intrigue as the investigations proceed. Our only quibble might be that the perpetrator ultimately spills the beans just a little too voluntarily for real life. In sum, "Labor Day" is a fairly typical Harris outing - enjoyable, pleasant, and puzzling enough to entertain in much the same fashion as the nine books preceding it.

If Harris has one thing going for her, it's dependability. Her plots have enough action to sustain the story but not enough to tire or overly tax the brain. We get to know the Bennett family more intimately as time passes, and are watching the baby develop before our eyes (wonder if Lee is a new grandmother?!). There's little to criticize, though some might also say, little to get overly excited about - just a nice clean three-or-four hour read from an author and her leading lady with whom we consistently relax and enjoy. OK?

Another Holiday....Another Murder

Poor Chris Bennett! She just can't get away from dead bodies! Even when she, her husband Jack and baby Eddie get the rare privilege of spending two glorious weeks in a beautiful beach front house on Fire Island, in the pretty little community of Blue Harbor, they are thrust squarely into the middle of a grisly murder.