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On a lovely summer afternoon,on a small island off thecoast of New England,seven year old Lisa Walden'sbirthday party ends with a tragic death after seven yearold Zeke Freilich finds a gun in his father's boathouse.
Twenty years later,that same father,Bill Freilich,isinvited to a holiday party along with some of his worstenemies:
Cody Walden,who still blames Bill Freilich for hersister's death.
Margaret Freilich,Bill's former wife.
Wynne Van Tillburg,who lives in poverty on the islandafter being fired by Bill.
Sam Beattie,who blames Bill Freilich for cheating himout of his inheritance.
Over the course of that weekend,still others (whom fansof the authors' previous novel,The Avenging ofNevahWright,will recognize) develop motives and have oppor-tunities to take their revenge on Bill Freilich.As tensionmounts,Asa Coombs,the island's part time deputysheriff,is burdened with the task of preventing anothertragedy.
An insightful,and often humorous,foray into the livesand manners of those who live and summer on thebeautiful islands off the Atlantic Coast.
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"Writing with a tart, knowing wit, the authors dissect this convoluted milieu with clinical precision.... the novel shines sharply as a subtly observed social realism."
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"Beneath the roar of the low flying helicopter, the barking of the dogs, and the staccato bursts of the police radios, the two state troopers heard a nearby animal squealing."
So begins The Fly Man Murders as the residents of a small Maine community search an ocean side campground for a missing mother, her small son and another child.
Three people tell this story of unimaginable horror:
Faith, a homeless vagrant, who wakes up one morning on a park bench in Boston with no memory of her past life.
Dilly, a three year old boy who wakes up the same day in his own bed, completely abandoned by everyone except a man who tells Dilly a story about mother wasps feeding live flies to their babies.
And Skip, an enigma.
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"A complex novel of intrigue and mystery in which a homeless woman regains her memory to help solve past crimes and prevent future ones, from Edgar- winner Davis.... As the plot lines come together, the authors methodically reveal Faiths's identity, transforming her from a simple homeless woman into a multi-dimensional character. And the discovery of the serial killer who has been plaguing southern Maine for decades creates an explosive, gripping conclusion.... Yet what resonates most is the authors' ability to maintain the suspense and keep the reader guessing-not only about the killer, but why and how Faith plays such an integral role."
-Kirkus Discoveries Review
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On a warm summer evening, on an island off the coast of Maine, five teenagers jump off a dock to go scuba diving.
Four come out alive.
- Dede St. John, a beautiful young artist
- Whitney Chapin, a preppy, thoughtless young man
- Talbot Harrington-Clark, heir to a significant fortune
- And Sport Abbott, whose parents dream of a marriage
between their daughter and Talbot.
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In the guilt ridden years that follow, each one of the survivors pays for the thoughtless moment.
Nine years later, returning to her beloved Ledge Island to spend a year writing her doctoral thesis, Sport must learn to live as a neighbor with the parents of "Nevah" Wright, the teenager who came up dead that night.
Sport also meets the new island doctor, Steve Schwartz, who carries a load of his own guilt.
As months go by amid the islanders' whispers and gossip, Sport senses that she is being stalked. When the families of four survivors gather on the island to celebrate Christmas, it's Sport's time to pay.
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"The authors smoothly integrate light social criticism into the engaging storyline. Well written, evocative mystery."
-Kirkus Discoveries
"I am not a mystery reader, but 'Murder in Maine' was a book I couldn't put down"
-The Record-Review
"This page-turner, set on an island off the coast of Maine, kept me wondering right up to the last few pages. It is fast-paced and readable. Mystery buffs should really enjoy it."
-Main Street
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Mildred Davis is the author of fourteen mystery novels, including They Buried a Man (Simon & Schuster), The Voice on the Telephone (Random House), and The Room Upstairs (Simon & Schuster) which won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award.
To learn more please visit MildredDavis.com
Her daughter, Katherine Roome, is the author of Letter of the Law (Random House), and co-author with her mother of Lucifer Land (Random House), an historical novel set in Westchester County during the Revolutionary War.
Midred Davis lives in Westchester County, New York and Katherine Roome lives in Washingston County,
New York.
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Praise for Mildred Davis'
The Room Upstairs
"We defy you to put this one down before you've discovered why Kitten Corwith never left her upstairs room. If there had never been a 'novel of suspense' before, the phrase would have had to be coined to describe this story."
-San Francisco Chronicle
Praise for Katherine Roome's
Letter Of The Law
"Novels that display so high a quality of prose and sensibility are rare these days."
-Washington Post
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