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Peter Bartholomew Mysteries #5
Rough Water
Fifth in Gunning's popular mystery series featuring odd-job entrepreneur Peter Bartholomew. Peter takes ex-wife Connie, sister Polly, and her fiance, Jackson Beers, on a whale-watching cruise. But when the would-be sightseers are treated to the grisly spectacle of Beers impaled on a harpoon, the expedition turns into the hunt for a killer.
- GenresMystery
304 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1994
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About the author
Sally Cabot Gunning
20 books404 followersA lifelong resident of New England, Sally Cabot Gunning has immersed herself in its history from a young age. She is the author of six critically acclaimed historically themed novels: The Widow’s War, Bound, The Rebellion of Jane Clarke, Benjamin Franklin’s Bastard, Monticello: A Daughter and Her Father, and her latest novel, released June 2021, Painting the Light. Elected fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society and president of The Brewster Historical Society, she has created numerous historical tours of her village.
Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, and an assortment of short story anthologies.
She lives with her husband Tom in Brewster, Massachusetts.
Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, and an assortment of short story anthologies.
She lives with her husband Tom in Brewster, Massachusetts.
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March 31, 2011
okay, not great
January 1, 2018
Sally Gunning’s Peter Bartholomew mystery series includes ten books, While each is a stand-alone story, I really enjoyed reading all ten in order. The main characters appear and re-appear, and relationships are formed. The “mystery” that riders atop all the separate cases is, will Peter and his ex-wife, Connie, get back together again? Should they? There are other questions that carry through more than one book, like Peter’s sister and her taste in men, and then there are various matters of small town life on Nashtoba Island, off Cape Hook – a locale that has a certain similarity to Cape Cod.
Peter's sister invites Peter and Connie on a whale watching cruise for a vacation and an opportunity to meet Polly's fiance. What could possibly go wrong?
Peter's sister invites Peter and Connie on a whale watching cruise for a vacation and an opportunity to meet Polly's fiance. What could possibly go wrong?
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews