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Tell-Tale Tavern Mysteries #0.5
A Tell-Tale Treasure
A hidden treasure, a talking bird, spooky ghosts, and a boy named Bigfoot - all just another day on the island for young Edie Allan!
It's August and Edie's best friend is away at camp, leaving Edie in an end-of-summer misery that can only be cured by a jug of Nana's sweet tea, and some good old-fashioned mischief. With her talking pet raven, Poe, and a new kid in town named Bigfoot, she's on the hunt for a treasure that's sure to change their lives. Maybe then she can stick it to all the mean girls in school...
Armed with her wits, a couple of shovels, and the map, Edie and Bigfoot try their best to uncover the clues hidden under the blazing Lowcountry sun. But trouble has a funny way of finding Edie, and the only thing that might save her from it is a friend of the ghost variety...
*This book is by author J.L. Collins writing as Megan Marple, and is a prequel to the Tell-Tale Tavern Mystery series.
It's August and Edie's best friend is away at camp, leaving Edie in an end-of-summer misery that can only be cured by a jug of Nana's sweet tea, and some good old-fashioned mischief. With her talking pet raven, Poe, and a new kid in town named Bigfoot, she's on the hunt for a treasure that's sure to change their lives. Maybe then she can stick it to all the mean girls in school...
Armed with her wits, a couple of shovels, and the map, Edie and Bigfoot try their best to uncover the clues hidden under the blazing Lowcountry sun. But trouble has a funny way of finding Edie, and the only thing that might save her from it is a friend of the ghost variety...
*This book is by author J.L. Collins writing as Megan Marple, and is a prequel to the Tell-Tale Tavern Mystery series.
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77 pages, ebook
Published May 19, 2017
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April 8, 2018
A Tell Tale Treasure by Megan Marple is not at all what I thought it was. When I started it I thought I had made a mistake but found I could not put it down. By the cover I at least was sure I was reading a cozy mystery about adults but I quickly found the main character was a child. Still I kept reading and I am so glad I did. This stories cover is misleading but the story is a nice little paranormal light cozy with a few well placed twists. I promise though it reads like a YM mystery in the end you will be pleasantly surprise. I really enjoyed it and I hope you will too. I found it on Amazon and I would read the series based on this first book.
December 10, 2018
Ghosts and treasure
A good read. Not brilliant but it did you a background to her curiosity from an early age. The characters are a bit two dimensional at present but this should change as the series progresses.
Being twelve and stuck with her grandparents, whilst her parents are away, she is bored. Even her best friend has gone away for summer camp. However when she finds a message in a bottle all this changes. What is it a map off? When she teams up with a young boy, who's as bored as she is, they go hunting for the treasure. It isn't until the librarian points out that it is a map of their cove that she has any idea where to start looking. Throw in a ghost, a talking bird, a chest and a reward for a decent read.
A good read. Not brilliant but it did you a background to her curiosity from an early age. The characters are a bit two dimensional at present but this should change as the series progresses.
Being twelve and stuck with her grandparents, whilst her parents are away, she is bored. Even her best friend has gone away for summer camp. However when she finds a message in a bottle all this changes. What is it a map off? When she teams up with a young boy, who's as bored as she is, they go hunting for the treasure. It isn't until the librarian points out that it is a map of their cove that she has any idea where to start looking. Throw in a ghost, a talking bird, a chest and a reward for a decent read.
March 14, 2021
Edie's best friend is away at came for the summer and her parents are also out of town so Edie is staying with her grandparents in Caper Bay. She has a friend raven named Poe who she can talk with. She is wandering the beach and she finds a bottle with a map inside and she meets a boy she calls Bigfoot. They decide they will try to figure out the map and maybe there is a treasure. It was a good story that took me back to my teenage years and since she isn't a teenager anymore, I am really looking forward to the next book in this series.
October 28, 2025
I really enjoyed the Tell-tale Treasure, the Prequel to the Tell-Tale Tavern Mysteries.
At the beginning of our story Edie is a 12-year-old who has nothing to do for the summer. She is staying with her grandparents, lovingly called Nana and Granddaddy. Her parents are away this particular weekend, and her best friend Jessica Cho is at summer camp. Interestingly, Edie's family was related to Edger Allen Poe; her grandaddy's great-grandparents opened the tavern in his name and it was passed down through the generations.
Edie has some unique abilities, too. Not sure who they came from; her mom, dad or grandparents; but she sometimes knows/senses things, she can talk and communicate with ghosts, and she has a friend/pet raven Poe, who they can talk and understands each other; also she can see through Poe's eyes. These talents she keeps to herself because she is already considered weird and she doesn't want to be considered worse.
To stay busy she hitches a ride with her grandparents to help out at the tavern, then spends time on the beach, where she finds a treasure map. Getting the aid of a tourist boy she calls Bigfoot (because of his giant feet), they embark on the treasure hunting journey.
At the end of our story Edie is nearly 30, still working at the tavern, where ownership of the tavern belongs to Harry and Margaret Workman. Her friend Jessica is a cop and that's where further adventures begin.
This is a cozy paranormal mystery for 13+, with easy reading, and limited paranormal activity- for now!
Can't wait to see what the ladies will get into in Capers Cove in Book #1 Gin & Ghosts !
At the beginning of our story Edie is a 12-year-old who has nothing to do for the summer. She is staying with her grandparents, lovingly called Nana and Granddaddy. Her parents are away this particular weekend, and her best friend Jessica Cho is at summer camp. Interestingly, Edie's family was related to Edger Allen Poe; her grandaddy's great-grandparents opened the tavern in his name and it was passed down through the generations.
Edie has some unique abilities, too. Not sure who they came from; her mom, dad or grandparents; but she sometimes knows/senses things, she can talk and communicate with ghosts, and she has a friend/pet raven Poe, who they can talk and understands each other; also she can see through Poe's eyes. These talents she keeps to herself because she is already considered weird and she doesn't want to be considered worse.
To stay busy she hitches a ride with her grandparents to help out at the tavern, then spends time on the beach, where she finds a treasure map. Getting the aid of a tourist boy she calls Bigfoot (because of his giant feet), they embark on the treasure hunting journey.
At the end of our story Edie is nearly 30, still working at the tavern, where ownership of the tavern belongs to Harry and Margaret Workman. Her friend Jessica is a cop and that's where further adventures begin.
This is a cozy paranormal mystery for 13+, with easy reading, and limited paranormal activity- for now!
Can't wait to see what the ladies will get into in Capers Cove in Book #1 Gin & Ghosts !
November 17, 2019
While I have shelved this as a kids’ book, it really isn’t. Eddie goes from being 12 years old to almost 30 in the last chapter. And what happened to Bigfoot and his share of the $3000?
A cute story but I wasn’t impressed. Shallow characterisation was a problem, but most annoying, were the incorrect forms of past tense — “had went” (p6), “A grin creeped across my face as I told him” (p58), and “I drug the everything back behind the tavern” (p64).
Also, ravens live for only 10-15 years, so Poe would be dead by the time she had grown up.
A cute story but I wasn’t impressed. Shallow characterisation was a problem, but most annoying, were the incorrect forms of past tense — “had went” (p6), “A grin creeped across my face as I told him” (p58), and “I drug the everything back behind the tavern” (p64).
Also, ravens live for only 10-15 years, so Poe would be dead by the time she had grown up.
May 28, 2017
This a prequel to the Tell-Tale Tavern Mysteries it sets up the series very well. In this series you have a pet raven sort of, ghosts and a girl named Edie that brings everything to life. I believe this series is going to be fun. Megan Marple wrote a humorous, quirky story with no graphic sex, violence and foul language. She proves you don't need it for a good story. I can't wait to start Gin & Ghosts the first book of the series.
March 21, 2018
When Edie’s parents go away she stays with her grandparent on Capers Cove. While her school friends have left the island for the summer she is bored. She comes across a “treasure map” and enlists a tourist boy to help her find the buried treasure. It’s a cute, quirky story. Edie is a descendant if Edgar Allen Poe. Her grandparents run the tell tale bar and she has a raven named Poe that she can communicate with. It’s a light quick read. I look forward to the new series.
April 30, 2018
Was not exactly impressed with A Tell-Tale Treasure by Megan Marple mostly because there was a major loose end not resolved at the story's conclusion.
Bigfoot just poofed out of the story after the $3,000 reward was disbursed. What became of his 30% and of him?
Another thing that irked me after the mystery was solved the book jumped forwards about 20 years with no lead in to the jump in time just 12 year old Edie goes from childhood to waitressing at the Tell-Tale in one sentence!
Bigfoot just poofed out of the story after the $3,000 reward was disbursed. What became of his 30% and of him?
Another thing that irked me after the mystery was solved the book jumped forwards about 20 years with no lead in to the jump in time just 12 year old Edie goes from childhood to waitressing at the Tell-Tale in one sentence!
May 24, 2017
This book was a great prequel to a new series by Megan Marple. A young girl, her sort of pet raven she can talk to, a brief appearance of a ghost and a treasure map....a very interesting read to say the least. It makes you want to read the first book in the series to find out what happens to Edie as an adult!
May 29, 2017
Cute little read
Edie didn't want to be stuck with her grandparents for the summer without her best friend. However her parents go out of town and Edie is looking for something to do. When she finds part of a treasure map she enlists Bigfoot, a tourist for help. Will she get her treasure and strike it rich or be disappointed? Can't wait to read the next one
Edie didn't want to be stuck with her grandparents for the summer without her best friend. However her parents go out of town and Edie is looking for something to do. When she finds part of a treasure map she enlists Bigfoot, a tourist for help. Will she get her treasure and strike it rich or be disappointed? Can't wait to read the next one
March 19, 2021
A good brief intro
This prequel is about a nearly twenty year old memory from Edie's childhood. It's a good intro to her paranormal abilities and a possible set-up for renewing a two-day acquaintance she only knows as "Bigfoot." Tantalizing questions such as what happened to her parents and why isn't Tell-Tale hers are luring this reader to the next book in the series!
This prequel is about a nearly twenty year old memory from Edie's childhood. It's a good intro to her paranormal abilities and a possible set-up for renewing a two-day acquaintance she only knows as "Bigfoot." Tantalizing questions such as what happened to her parents and why isn't Tell-Tale hers are luring this reader to the next book in the series!
May 27, 2017
A Tell-Tale Treasure is a sweet prequel to this wonderful series by Megan Marple. It's a fun story about an adventure Edie had one summer when she was younger. This book is a fun, fast paced read and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
October 2, 2017
Written for a pre teen
Very difficult to read as it is written for a pre teen. Then , without warning, it jumps 20 years. Leaves you hanging wondering what is going on more than once. Total waste of time. I spent an hour,reading this hogwash
Very difficult to read as it is written for a pre teen. Then , without warning, it jumps 20 years. Leaves you hanging wondering what is going on more than once. Total waste of time. I spent an hour,reading this hogwash
June 11, 2019
Poe
What do I like, well it was entertaining, just enough details to give you a set without dragging them on and on, it was cute,clean funny with a hint of spook. Truly a good read.
What do I like, well it was entertaining, just enough details to give you a set without dragging them on and on, it was cute,clean funny with a hint of spook. Truly a good read.
June 25, 2020
I found this book to be a good easy-read that could be read by children and adults alike.
A pre-teen account of a search for treasure on her island home.
Believable characters, pre-teen likes and frustrations.
Pretty good story line. Enjoyed it!
A pre-teen account of a search for treasure on her island home.
Believable characters, pre-teen likes and frustrations.
Pretty good story line. Enjoyed it!
June 19, 2022
This was kind of unique. As it started out as if it was for preteens/ teenagers. But then turned to “ modern day” and the main character is a grown woman. It was a fun interesting book to start a new series.
January 29, 2024
Cute and Fun Read
This was a cute story. I did enjoy Poe but wish he'd had a bigger part. Also disappointed that Edie never included Big Foot in recognition for their find. And last, it would have been nice to know his real name, yes?
This was a cute story. I did enjoy Poe but wish he'd had a bigger part. Also disappointed that Edie never included Big Foot in recognition for their find. And last, it would have been nice to know his real name, yes?
May 25, 2017
Cute and quirky!! This prequel definitely makes me want to read the next book!
August 19, 2017
Nice
Great read but what happened to Bigfoot? Did I miss something? I jumped from 12 to 30 and new owners of the tavern
Great read but what happened to Bigfoot? Did I miss something? I jumped from 12 to 30 and new owners of the tavern
September 12, 2019
Treasure
Great book. Loved the characters. I'm so glad she got something for her effort. Can't wait to read more in series. Keep up the good work.
Great book. Loved the characters. I'm so glad she got something for her effort. Can't wait to read more in series. Keep up the good work.
May 5, 2020
Good
It was to short e i did like the book. Would like to read more by this author . Great
It was to short e i did like the book. Would like to read more by this author . Great
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