The Lighthouse Keeper: A Beckoning Death

Grace Marsden #5

by Luisa Buehler

2008 Love Is Murder Award Recipient for "Best Traditional/Cozy Amateur Sleuth" With a troubled marriage, and the haunting memories of ghosts, bones, and dead bodies, Grace Marsden needs solace. The invitation from her childhood friend presents Grace with an opportunity for respite on Christian Island. Georgian Bay in the off-season provides a perfect venue for relaxation, until a fluke snowstorm shatters the serenity. Grace and nine other people find themselves trapped on the island and the prime suspects in the mysterious death of an island Elder. An ancient Indian tragedy, island ghost sightings, and modern day treachery twist lives until more deaths and more danger make Grace unsure of whom she can trust. When the spirit of the lighthouse keeper beckons to her. Is it to warn her or harm her?

Genres: Mystery

288 pages, Paperback

First published October 18, 2007

About the author

Chicago suburbs mom, wife, business owner and author. I write the Grace Marsden Mystery series. Grace is an amateur sleuth who is obsessive compulsive--think Monk in a skirt!
The new book in the series, The Lighthouse Keeper: A Beckoning Death" is out."

Reviews

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Red herrings galore, continuous changes to keep a reader on their toes, and strangly bizarre incidents kept me hooked. Buehler's style of writing is worthy and, even if it does border of melodrama at times and with certain dialogue phrases, it strays from becoming overly poetic/cloying. Pacing was muffled at first, but then sped to an almost apocalyptic speed that forces the reader to pay attention, else they lose their way. Enriched with a comforting, warm feeling toward the end, The Lighthouse Keeper ultimately succeeds in achieving its goal as being an entertaining read.

[Ceelee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic nystery set on a Canadian island in January. Full of all kinds of story lines like hidden treasure, family secrets, old letters, friends or not friends, hard to tell who was good or evil, twists and red hrrtibgs on almost every page, lotsvof snow, a cemetery, a lighthouse and a protectuve spirit. Great read and I could hsrdly put it down! Normally I won"t go back and read earlier books in a series if I come in at the middle but will make an exception with the Grace Marsden series!

[Jeannette · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book began to bog down at times and things sometimes didn't quite make sense. The guilty party was hard to guess and the reasons weren't clear.

I wish I had spent my time reading something else.