Death In A Mood Indigo [Audio Cassette]

Francine Mathews (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1997

When two children make a grisly discovery on Sconset beach, Detective Meredith Folger finds herself with a perplexing case on her hands. The crime lab can tell her only that the newly unearthed skeletal remains belonged to a woman who was strangled to death somewhere between two and ten years ago--a conclusion that sends Merry sifting through old missing-persons files. But then a shocking piece of news changes everything.

The Massachusetts police have arrested a man they believe to be a serial killer. His five known victims were all women--all strangled. Is Merry's Nantucket skeleton the killer's first victim? And do the state cops have the right man? When the murderer strikes again, he'll draw Merry into a deadly cat and mouse game in which she's the final target....

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Even if you never get to visit Nantucket Island off the coast of Massachusetts, a good deal of its sunny charm and foggy mystery are on tap in Francine Mathews's books about local police detective Meredith Folger. This time out, a dog digging on a beach uncovers a human skeleton--setting Folger off on a search for the link between old and new murders. As always, Mathews knows how to balance the cozy details of island life with the harsher realities of crime and punishment. Her last Nantucket saga, Death in Rough Water, is available in paperback. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Library Journal

Detective Meredith Folger of the Nantucket police relishes the thought of solving an eight-year-old murder, especially since the initial missing person's investigation was flubbed by an incompetent. Meredith feels that she "owes" the dead woman, a prominent female psychiatrist, some kind of resolution regardless of their impact on her children?the same children (offspring of the woman's last lover) who discovered the body. Vivid description, good interrogative technique, psychological undercurrents, and island atmosphere characterize this good Nantucket series.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc. (October 15, 1997)
• ISBN-10: 0736640061
• ISBN-13: 978-0736640060
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,923,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Francine Mathews, who also writes as Stephanie Barron, is the author of twenty novels of mystery, history, and suspense. A graduate of Princeton and Stanford, she spent four years as an intelligence analyst at the CIA, and presently lives and works in Colorado.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Merry Folger and her island are a great escape. . ., December 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Death in a Mood Indigo (Mass Market Paperback)

I really enjoyed Death in A Mood Indigo, it was an atmospheric and absorbing story. Merry's character, a Sconset police detective is different than the usual hard edged policewomen that I read about. She has a feminine side, makes mistakes, and has a life (at least on weekends) aside from her police work. The other characters in this story, her father, grandfather, boyfriend Peter, the townspeople, victims, suspects and FBI agents are also well written and provide just the right mix for a great book. My only problem was that it was easy to guess who perpetrated the crime. I like to be surprised and I wasn't. I did run right out though, when I finished it, and purchased Death In A Cold Heard Light. I also tried to find her two earlier books that are alluded to in the story, but found that they are out of print-I ordered them anyway and am crossing my fingers that I eventually get them.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable in spite of its faults, November 11, 2004

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Terri Andrews (Humboldt County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death in a Mood Indigo (Mass Market Paperback)

The Nantucket setting is fresh and appealing, and the lead character Merry is likeable enough. Some of the professional choices she makes, however, are so unlikely and so obviously wrongheaded that they interrupted the flow of the reading for me -- I kept finding myself thinking "a police detective wouldn't do that!" I enjoy flawed and outspoken characters -- Kinsey Millhone comes to mind -- but a character's actions should be believable. Also, Merry's friends and family seem a little one-dimensional to me (the patient boyfriend, the stern but loving father, etc.); I hope these characters get more fleshed out as this series continues. As for the mystery itself, I figured out "whodunit" early in the book, which is always a bit disappointing. Still, I like Merry and the Nantucket setting and will take a chance on another book in this series. Hopefully, the author will choose to have Merry make more believable professional decisions next time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, April 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Death in A Mood Indigo (Hardcover)

This book was fantastic. I couldn't put it down! I finished the book at 2:15 a.m. on a work night. It was well worth the lack of sleep! Francine Mathews gets better with each book. I can't wait for her next one. I would highly recommend this series.