Sea of Troubles [Mass Market Paperback]

Janet L. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2, 1991

Elegant Windsor Resort in the Pacific Northwest is up for sale. And Seattle lawyer Annie MacPherson holds power of attorney for the ailing owner. But her suspicions are sharpened when she sees who wants to buy. And when a kidnapping and murder rock the island, Annie discovers that the creepy guests have more to hide than their wallets.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

When spirited Seattle attorney Annie MacPherson visits a client's exclusive resort on the San Juan Islands to negotiate its sale, she looks forward to combining legal matters with a few days of recreation. But her moments of relaxation are interrupted when the prospective buyer's comely French girlfriend is kidnapped and held for ransom. Before the furious buyer carries out his threat to sue the resort for negligence, a male guest is found shot to death in his beachfront cabin. Afraid her client may be held accountable for this incident, too, Annie puts on her sleuthing cap to help police solve the seemingly unrelated crimes. She questions hotel guests (each one, from the scheming actress to the secretive political candidate, is hiding something), playing a game of cat and mouse with the increasingly desperate killer. The author's experiences as a former trial lawyer help her create a logical, believable story line, and carefully dropped clues, chilling murder scenes and plot twists make this first novel a crisp, well-crafted whodunit.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Seattle lawyer Annie MacPherson combines work and vacation when she visits the San Juan Islands to look over a resort property left to one of her clients. Shortly after her arrival and a meeting with a wealthy potential buyer, the buyer receives a ransom message from the abductors of his girlfriend, and someone kills a shady muscleman. Annie, becoming romantically involved with the kayak instructor, determines to find connections between the crimes. Strong characterization, trenchant, aggressive prose, and spirited plot make this an author to watch.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 10 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett (June 2, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804107599
• ISBN-13: 978-0804107594
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,970,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Northwest Mystery, March 5, 2004

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Mike Garrison (Covington, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sea of Troubles (Mass Market Paperback)

Janet L Smith only seems to have written three novels. (There may be others, but I haven't seen them.) This is the first in the series.

The protagonist is a young lawyer from Seattle, and it is set in the lovely San Juan Islands. The book is competent, but not especially polished.

More jarring, however, is that the author seems to have had different ideas of where to take the character in each of the other two books. In some ways, it is almost like reading about three different women with the same name.

The other two books are "Practice To Deceive" and "A Vintage Murder".

These books have a lot in common with the Nevada Barr "Anna Pigeon" novels.