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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.