Rating PG -
Children wouldn't be interested.
No sex but references to one character suspected of rape.
Only one incidence, I think, of strong language.
Good presentations of characters needing to choose between what's morally or ethically right and wanting to spare another's feelings or avoid an uncomfortable confrontation.
The story loses one star because the first chapter rehashes, in a rather confusing way, too much of book #1 in the series, which I hadn't read. Throughout the story, references to the first book may have spoiled that one for me. If I can borrow it for free on Amazon Prime, I may read it anyway.
Writing style: Mostly quite good, except occasionally when I wanted to hand the writer a thesaurus to help out with a sentence that might be similar to, "The sunset was really pretty." Other times descriptions and dialog were faultless.
Plot - Well conceived. I'm not particularly good at guessing whodunit, and though the clues and foreshadowing were there, I did not guess.
Mystery (no spoiler here): Who would have had motive and opportunity to kill the person found out by the dock? How was it done?
Characters: Likable. I appreciate that the older characters were not presented as doddering or fairly incompetent, nor were the younger ones wide-eyed and naive. The main character was not the stereotypical amateur sleuth who sees and intuits more than the authorities.
I'd be willing to read another, but I'd sure be careful to read them in order!
Definitely light reading.
If you like cozy mysteries, you'll probably like this one.