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DIRTY WATER

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I've been reading Sally Gunning's Peter Bartholomew mysteries from the beginning with "Hot Water". From the start this book draws you in. Once I started I couldn't put it down. Once again Peter is married to his former ex-wife Connie. It doesn't take long before they're embroiled in yet another murder, this time involving someone near and very dear to both their hearts. Sarah Abrew, who is 88 years old, claims she committed the crime, but Peter has plenty of doubts. He thinks he knows who did it, but it's how to prove it. All the evidence points to Sarah. This book, as well as the other Peter Bartholomew books, are set on a "Nantuckett" type island. If you like your mysteries set on Cape Cod, you might also like a series of books written many years ago, but still in print, by Phoebe Atwood Taylor called "The Asey Mayo" books. These are also excellent and readily available. I say read this book, soon.

I would have to put this book in the "cozy" mystery category. It was just a little too cozy for me and way to touchy feely. It was the first Peter Bartholomew mystery I read and will most likely be the last.