Fog Over Finny's Nose (The Finny Series #2) (Heartsong Presents Mysteries #23) [Paperback]

Dana Mentink (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2008

The worm business is thriving for vermiculturist Ruth Budge. . .until a disembodied toe turns up on the golf course, and members of a strange cult begin to infiltrate the quiet seaside town of Finny, California.

 Life is already crazy for forty-seven year old Ruth, juggling the needs of her worm farm, her new spouse, and a platoon of crippled seabirds bequeathed to her by her dead husband. Then there’s the insanity swirling around the first-ever Finny Fog Festival and the discovery of a bizarre diary from one of the town’s seediest ancestors.

Things go from misty to murderous as a man plummets to his death from an exploding hot air balloon. Is the craziness a byproduct of the festival or a decades old curse unearthed in the antique diary? Ruth had better find out fast or her worms won’t be the only things six feet under.

 

 

Editorial Reviews

Review

Fog Over Finny's Nose is a delightful read, filled with quirky townspeople with unusual occupations, and a wonderful mystery.  This a book you won't want to put down.

Susan Sleeman
--The Suspense Zone

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597896438
• ISBN-13: 978-1597896436
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,865,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I live in California with my husband and children. I'm perpetually in search of a great story, either through painfully expensive trips to the book store or in my own labors in front of the computer. I enjoy writing for Harlequin's Love Inspired suspense line. Come on by my website to blog, enter my monthly contest, or just to say hi. www.danamentink.com
Dana

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Fog Over Finney's Nose, May 19, 2009

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Edna Tollison "Mama T" (Laurens, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fog Over Finny's Nose (The Finny Series #2) (Heartsong Presents Mysteries #23) (Paperback)

Dana has done it again, she can keep you in suspence and Ruth is a funny over the hill woman and she and her birds know everthing and everyone. But the toe was a mystery to her and her husband the cook. Those birds she keeps are a crazy bunch of misfits and I believe the whole town of Finny is also. There is always fog ane even a Fog Celebration for the town and people came from far and wide to it. The something shot up in the air and burned the hot air balloon and a man fell to this dealth so now they are trying to have a celebration with all this going on. But you will be surprised in the end who done it and it ended with a BANG. Dana is a VERY good writter to keep you guessing. I have read her blogs and websites and she is a great lady also.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Mystery that will keep you guessing, October 13, 2008

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Jane Squires "Sarahmom" (Gainesville, Mo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fog Over Finny's Nose (The Finny Series #2) (Heartsong Presents Mysteries #23) (Paperback)

The title will not give you any indication of what this book is about. So you will wonder. Dana does a good job keeping you guessing all the way through the book as to who done what. There are so many surprises from beginning to end. I was totally caught unawares by the ending.

There is mystery, intrigue, inspiration, and daily events. About the time you think you know who is causing the crime in Finny Fog, you are thrown off guard again. A few times I felt sure I knew and in the end it wasn't.

A well written book - not one you speed through. But one you want to sit and digest. With festivals in every town bringing in people from outside and my husband being a deputy there were many things I could relate to well.

You learn about agriculture as well.

Disemboided toe, man shot down out of balloon in air, people holding meeting in secret on the beach, worm farm, etc. are a few of the things you will find.