Arctic Green, reviewed by Jonathan Allen, Advance Reader
A can of paint, a blizzard, alpacas, a gold bracelet, a down and out lobster man, a painting and a body, where do they lead? As winding as a snowmobile track through the Maine woods and like a high speed snowmobile ride, Arctic Green takes you on a tale of suspense in Mid-Coast Maine. With the blizzard of the century bearing down on Secretly, the local snowmobile club anticipates their first rides in many years and are working to get the trails in order, hoping a newly arrived landowner will allow them access. Karl, the hardware store owner even has his “sled” parked in front of his store, as he holds the record for being first on the trail consecutively for many years. The blizzard hits, and what's left is a broken down “sled” and body on the reluctant landowner's land, a hit and run accident, wild high tides on the coast, a store break-in and theft, and the problems of townsfolk. Raven is taken away from painting one of her cottages for a walk at a local preserve and observes police activity and away we go. The author weaves a great tale about the life in a small mid-coast Maine town and it is a great sequel to Blaze Orange.
She’s done it again. All the characters in Blaze Orange are at it in another saga. Raven finds herself in the thick of things with a thief and would be kidnapper! Betty, in true Betty form, stumbles into the mess! Marcel and Tom arrive just in time to make the arrest. Loved the suspense and continuing story of local life in mid-coast Maine. My happy place! I can’t wait for the next book!