Enlisted by Police Chief Will McOwat, Peter Bartholomew must find the sniper who fired at an assembly of Christmas guests at a holiday party.
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A sniper has gone on a pre-Christmas shooting spree on the Nantucket-like island of Nashtoba, killing the popular bait-shop owner, Newby Dillingham, and wounding another islander. But that's not all that is troubling amateur sleuth Peter Bartholomew: he is also conflicted over the reappearance of his ex-wife, Connie, who was kissing Newby under the mistletoe when he was gunned down. With nothing more to go on than the spent bullets, which have been obsolete for decades, Peter and police chief Will McOwat piece together the identity of the murderer after making their way through a maze of motives, including a condominium land grab targeting Newby's turf. Gunning ( Under Water ) augments his tale with lengthy musings on the nature of Christmas, family and life on Nashtoba. Unfortunately, as a professional sleuth, McOwat is a cliche, useless and outdone by the amateur, and even in Bartholomew's case the detection is on the level of Sleuthing 101. Moreover, despite the microscopic focus trained on them, Bartholomew's emotional conflicts remain two-dimensional.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Cozy and clever, perfect for curling up on the couch.,
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This review is from: ICE WATER (A Peter Bartholomew Mystery) (Paperback)
After working a book signing with author Sally Gunning, and purchasing all of her available paperbacks (and YES, getting them signed too!), she recommended that I read this one first. Loving mysteries and needing something that wouldn't involve a tremendous time committment from me to read, I picked this one out of my Gunning stack. I loved it and immediately proceeded to plow through the rest of the stack. Now I buy her books as soon as I see them out in stores.In this mystery, Gunning's clever do-it-all handyman Pete Bartholomew, turns into local sleuth, when a murder happens at a Christmas party he's attending. Through her fun plotlines and the continuing saga of Pete and his ex-wife Connie, Sally Gunning's books are ALWAYS a fun and relaxing read. With her fictional location of Nashtoba, she creates the spirit of Massachusetts' own Cape Cod. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a good story and characters you'll want to follow along with.
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