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Murder Will Out: A Mystery

by Jennifer K. Breedlove

A death, an inheritance, and a return to Little North Island

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A death, an inheritance, and a return to Little North Island

Willow Stone returns to the Maine island where she spent childhood summers after receiving a letter from her godmother, Sue, and news of Sue’s death. There, questions surrounding Sue’s inheritance of Cameron House intersect with a threat against the mansion’s next heir. As Willow begins to doubt that the death was accidental, the mystery develops through her perspective and those of other islanders. The mansion’s history and the ghosts said to move through its corridors add a supernatural element to the investigation, while Willow’s unresolved connection to Sue gives the return a personal dimension.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy mysteries centered on women sleuths and questions surrounding a death.
  • Readers interested in coastal-island settings, inheritance disputes, and mansion mysteries.
  • Readers open to ghostly or supernatural elements within a contemporary mystery.

Themes

Family and memoryInheritance and propertyDeath and suspicionGhosts and the supernaturalIsland community

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Book overview

Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award winner Jennifer K. Breedlove brings coastal Maine to life in Murder Will Out, a lighter, modern gothic mystery that's as atmospheric as it is heart-warming.

Come for the memories. Stay for the murder...

Little North Island, off the coast of Maine, is so beautiful it could be a postcard. Organist Willow Stone cherishes her memories of childhood summers spent on the island with her godmother Sue... even though her visits ended abruptly, and she hasn't seen or heard from her godmother in over fifteen years. Until a letter from Sue--and word of Sue's death--brings Willow back to the picturesque island.

The islanders rarely mention Sue without also bringing up Cameron House, and the controversy around Sue's unexpected inheritance of the sprawling mansion. When Willow overhears someone threatening the next heir to the property, she starts to question whether Sue's death was really an accident, and can't help but wonder whether someone on this sleepy island is willing to stop at nothing--even murder--to claim Cameron House for their own.

Through Willow's eyes, as well as those of others on the island, a mystery unfolds that keeps drawing Willow back to Cameron House and the very real ghosts that walk its corridors.

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