As Emma Cotton and Kelly Grace inch closer to finding out what really happened to their friend, Rose Peterson, their journey comes to a perilous fork in the road. Down one side of the trail, the stalker who has tried to dissuade them from their investigation has become more and more desperate. Down the other, a trip to nearby Lantern Cove in search of their next suspect, Olivia Stewart, turns deadly. Bart Tolliver, a friend of Emma’s vivacious aunt, Dottie Faye Sinclair, is found stabbed through the heart with a letter opener, and Dottie Faye is the main person of interest in the murder. Will the trip to Lantern Cove shed light on their quest to find Rose’s murderer? Or will this latest tunnel be just another dead end?
Elizabeth Penney lives in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where she pens novels and tries to grow things. Elements that often appear in her novels include vintage summer cottages, past/present mysteries, and the arts. After spending early years in England and France, she grew up in Maine, settings that are reflected in her books.
Elizabeth is the author of the Apron Shop Series and Cambridge Bookshop Series from St. Martin's as well as over twenty novels, short stories, and hundreds of business articles. A former consultant and nonprofit executive, she holds a BS and an MBA. She's also written screenplays with her musician husband.
She loves walking in the woods, kayaking on quiet ponds, trying new recipes, and feeding family and friends.
I enjoyed reading this next to last book in the series. I'm a sucker for old houses with secret passages. Only one left and totally enjoying the escalating suspense of getting to finding out who did it in the running investigation into the murder from the first book. My good intentions to keep up with each quilt block have fallen a bit short in my excitement to read what happens next.