Marsh Madness

by Caroline Cousins

It's spring in the South Carolina Low Country, the azaleas are in bloom and tourists are flocking to Pinckney Plantation.
But so is trouble. Ex-beauty queen and wannabe actress MaryMar (nee Mary Martha Futch) has returned to Indigo Island to play a starring role in a relative's wedding. But she claims someone is trying to kill her.
Cousins Lindsey, Margaret Ann, and Bonnie don't have time for a diva who's being stalked. After all, Margaret Ann's directing the wedding of the year at Pinckney, and Lindsey and Bonnie are her reluctant minions.
When a dead body turns up at the Gatortorium, the island's newest attraction, and MaryMar goes missing, the cousins once again don their sleuthing caps.

Genres: Southern, Mystery

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 30, 2002

Reviews

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Mary Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok not great but kept my attention throughout the book.

[Sandee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anyone loving a good cozy mystery should read Caroline Cousins's books. I just finished this second book and laughed through the most of it. The three cousins were at it again, doing some sleuthing while also trying to get ready for a wedding that had them doing all sorts of things,and just a hoot while they muddled their way through it all. And trying to figure out a murder in between that. A really good read, and waiting on the third book at my library.

From Amazon:
Spring in the South Carolina Low Country, the azaleas are in full bloom, and the tourists are flocking to Pinckney Plantation.

But so is trouble. Ex-beauty queen and wannabe actress Mary Mar (nee Mary Martha Futch) has returned to Indigo Island to play a starring role in a relative’s wedding. But she claims that someone is trying to kill her.

Cousins Lindsey and Margaret Ann don’t have time for a diva receiving death threats. After all, Margaret Ann’s directing the wedding of the year at Pinckney, where Lindsey’s temporarily in charge.

But when a dead body turns up at the Gatortorium, the island’s newest attraction, and Mary Mar goes missing, the cousins once again don their sleuthing caps. Margaret Ann’s younger sister Bonnie, who is back home for spring break, is also happy to help, as long as she can eat lunch first.

The engaging detective trio returns in another tale of Southern mystery and manners. Secrets from the past compete with present-day perils as the cousins contend with tourists, termites, kidnappers, and killers—as well as another ghost at Pinckney Plantation.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sister Bonnie and cousin Lindsey pitch in to help Margaret Ann, a wedding planner, do a local, Indigo Island ceremony. But things keep getting in the way. An island girl who left long ago is back, and someone has murdered her (the trio discovered the body). Someone is growing marijuana on Pinckney Plantation. Lindsey's boyfriend Will, a deputy sheriff, never seems to be around when he's needed. Someone--a Yankee!--has stolen Margaret Ann's identity. And there's a ghost alligator in the swamp that few people have ever seen.

[Debbie Maskus · Rating 2 out of 5]

Three relatives combine their literary skills in writing this series set in South Carolina. The series features three female relatives: two sisters and their cousin. This is lighthearted mystery with no vivid scene scenes or graphic sexual content. Sometimes, the dialogue into various relationship is pure Southern literature, and monotonous. This series is no journey into the psyche of the killer, the characters remain flat. Many readers would classify this novel and series as beach or easy reading, as a basically fun and carefree book.

[Carolyn (in SC) C234D · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun, light mystery, not silly, but entertaining, with good local color. A friend lent me the book to read, because we were going to see the authors (two sisters and a cousin, if I remember correctly) at a convention. It is one in a series.

[Ellen Dark · Rating 4 out of 5]

I rated this second book in the series so high because it made me laugh out loud while I read it on the train home from Montreal. The book didn't take long to read; it's a short one. I checked Fantastic Fiction and discovered that there are only three books in the series. :(

[Colleen]

This was a really fun cozy.

[Deliasue · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book keeps you on the edge of your seat, with love, laughter, murder and more murder, digging up old bones and ladies way too snoopy for their own good.

[Karen Benson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Humorous one-liners, a cast of colorful characters and a touch of mystery rounded this out to one fun ride!