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Mimi Goldman Chautauqua Mysteries
Gone Fishin': A Grisly Chautauqua Short Story
A chilling short story with a satisfying twist from Deb Pines, the award-winning New York Post headline writer best known for her top-selling Chautauqua mystery series starring amateur sleuth Mimi Goldman.
Set in Pines' favorite locale, the idyllic lakeside Chautauqua Institution in Western New York, this creepy tale focuses on three people identified mainly as Jimmy, Rosemary and Joe.
The three seem to be enjoying ordinary summer pursuits like a Fourth of July picnic and fishing trip for muskies. But when tensions explode, fasten your seat belts — for a riveting, unexpected conclusion!!!
Set in Pines' favorite locale, the idyllic lakeside Chautauqua Institution in Western New York, this creepy tale focuses on three people identified mainly as Jimmy, Rosemary and Joe.
The three seem to be enjoying ordinary summer pursuits like a Fourth of July picnic and fishing trip for muskies. But when tensions explode, fasten your seat belts — for a riveting, unexpected conclusion!!!
13 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 5, 2016
25 people want to read
About the author
Deb Pines
18 books115 followersA Brooklyn, NY, native who grew up in Miami Beach, Fla., Deb Pines writes mysteries by day and award-winning tabloid headlines for the New York Post by night.
A Brown University grad, Deb was also a reporter at the New York Law Journal, Indianapolis Star and various other publications before she got bitten by the mystery-writing bug.
Her 2013 debut Mimi Goldman mystery, set in the Chautauqua Institution in far Western NY State, IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH, has been called "required reading" (NY Post), "perfect . . . if you enjoy an old-fashioned whodunit" (Post-Journal of Jamestown, NY) and "a truly fun quick-witted mystery with an engaging protagonist and array of other memorable characters. With a dash of romance and history, it's the perfect read for a summer getaway -- and a page-turner in any season." (Goodreads).
It's available on Amazon.com along with her 2023 novel EVIL FOR EVIL and earlier works: WICKED SCHEMES, A PLAGUE AMONG U , CROOKED PATHS, FRUIT OF LIES, VENGEANCE IS MINE, BESIDE STILL WATERS, DELIVER US FROM EVIL and her 2014 novelette, WHERE'S THE BEEF?, all set in Chautauqua, too.
Deb, a grandmother, is also a SoulCycle indoor cycling fanatic, cook, hiker, music lover and former Mystery Writers of America committee chair in New York City where she lives with her husband Dave.
A Brown University grad, Deb was also a reporter at the New York Law Journal, Indianapolis Star and various other publications before she got bitten by the mystery-writing bug.
Her 2013 debut Mimi Goldman mystery, set in the Chautauqua Institution in far Western NY State, IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH, has been called "required reading" (NY Post), "perfect . . . if you enjoy an old-fashioned whodunit" (Post-Journal of Jamestown, NY) and "a truly fun quick-witted mystery with an engaging protagonist and array of other memorable characters. With a dash of romance and history, it's the perfect read for a summer getaway -- and a page-turner in any season." (Goodreads).
It's available on Amazon.com along with her 2023 novel EVIL FOR EVIL and earlier works: WICKED SCHEMES, A PLAGUE AMONG U , CROOKED PATHS, FRUIT OF LIES, VENGEANCE IS MINE, BESIDE STILL WATERS, DELIVER US FROM EVIL and her 2014 novelette, WHERE'S THE BEEF?, all set in Chautauqua, too.
Deb, a grandmother, is also a SoulCycle indoor cycling fanatic, cook, hiker, music lover and former Mystery Writers of America committee chair in New York City where she lives with her husband Dave.
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August 14, 2017
I see what you did there...Lovely.
June 30, 2016
SPOILER ALERT!
When resentment builds, anything could happen!
“Joe Harrington’s first mistake was the grin.” The man who lived nearby; who helped celebrate the Fourth of July. Who helped put their flag up. The man who overstayed his welcome; who didn’t know when to butt-out, but whose company the protagonist’s mother, Rosemary, seemed to enjoy thereby igniting a hell-storm of teenaged resentment and jealousy.
Gone Fishin’ is short road to a fateful fishing trip. We know little about the characters except for Joe Harrington who is just a regular guy whose ultimate mistake was enjoying time spent with Rosemary who seems to be alone except for her unnamed son who lives with her. Joe is trying to be neighborly and nice to Rosemary whom he seems to like, and her son. A fishing trip for Joe and the son is proposed, and preparations are made by Joe, the neighbor without a clue.
This story plumbs the depths of unsuspected teenaged feeling of resentment and jealously that sometimes erupt in violence. We know little about the protagonist in this story, so we may not see the signs of stress at first; the feeling of possession, feeling threatened with emotional displacement, and feeling of being patronized and marginalized all of which come crashing in.
Gone Fishin’ should appeal to everyone who is interested in a short thriller with an ending that you should see coming, but don’t, because you can’t quite believe it’s happening.
When resentment builds, anything could happen!
“Joe Harrington’s first mistake was the grin.” The man who lived nearby; who helped celebrate the Fourth of July. Who helped put their flag up. The man who overstayed his welcome; who didn’t know when to butt-out, but whose company the protagonist’s mother, Rosemary, seemed to enjoy thereby igniting a hell-storm of teenaged resentment and jealousy.
Gone Fishin’ is short road to a fateful fishing trip. We know little about the characters except for Joe Harrington who is just a regular guy whose ultimate mistake was enjoying time spent with Rosemary who seems to be alone except for her unnamed son who lives with her. Joe is trying to be neighborly and nice to Rosemary whom he seems to like, and her son. A fishing trip for Joe and the son is proposed, and preparations are made by Joe, the neighbor without a clue.
This story plumbs the depths of unsuspected teenaged feeling of resentment and jealously that sometimes erupt in violence. We know little about the protagonist in this story, so we may not see the signs of stress at first; the feeling of possession, feeling threatened with emotional displacement, and feeling of being patronized and marginalized all of which come crashing in.
Gone Fishin’ should appeal to everyone who is interested in a short thriller with an ending that you should see coming, but don’t, because you can’t quite believe it’s happening.
July 27, 2016
LOVED THIS! A really fun, fast summer read. Totally didn't see the twist coming :)
July 30, 2016
Super fun read - the perfect beach read!!!
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