A nice (well, mostly nice, there's always Ambrosia to deal with) family vacation comes to an abrupt halt when a trunk surfaces near their sail boat and a body is discovered. As it turns out, in this 'nod to Agatha Christie' by Lee Strauss, it is someone known to most of the others staying at the hotel. Who had motive? Did the staff see anything? Murder at Brighton Beach is another delightful read in the Ginger Gold Mystery series.

I have enjoyed the Lucy Stone Mystery books by Leslie Meier for many years now. Many have a seasonal or holiday theme, which makes them a perfect choice for, say, Halloween, St. Patrick's Day on so forth. :-) Invitation Only Murder felt a little darker than the others (I've noticed this with other series, too). A chance for Lucy to write a nice story for the newspaper is spoiled by some nasty goings on with what turns out to be a dysfunctional family (read a couple like this, too. Not all were fiction). The body on the beach ... was it an accident? And why did the twins go missing?

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