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The McCreadie Mysteries #1
Mai Tais and Murder: A Tiki Mystery
Librarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00UUMKCZ6.
In book one of Andrew Culver's McCreadie Mysteries, law school dropout Aristotle McCreadie has just inherited a bunch of money from his dad, a lawyer to the stars. Now that he can do whatever he wants, he moves to the California beach town Playa Santiago. He is determined to spend his days in a houseboat lying in the sun and drinking mai tais at the legendary tiki bar, Pirate's Cove.
But something weird is happening in this idyllic town. A wealthy old real estate mogul, and patron saint of Pirate's Cove, has just been murdered in his sprawling mansion. And whoever did it knew exactly how to dismantle the alarm system, where his cash was hidden, and where his most expensive antiques were. Now everyone in town seems to think it's no big deal and no one wants to answer Aristotle's questions about it.
Aristotle can't enjoy his mai tais when an unsolved murder is killing his buzz. Now weird things are happening at the victim's house at night, and to complicate things, a sexy local girl wants to show him all around town. Which would be great if she didn't have a boyfriend in grad school in Portland.
Why are the police so eager to pass off this crime as an isolated robbery? And why are people whispering about big real estate plans for Playa Santiago? Suddenly Aristotle gets the suspicion that this perfect little town is about to get very tacky and very crowded. Now the future of Pirate's Cove is in jeopardy, and this will mean the end of the best tiki bar, arguably, in the world. Which means that dozens of drinks with secret family recipes may be lost forever. The Pooka Pooka Bowl. The Mexican Mai Tai. The Naked Surfer Girl. All lost. And Aristotle can't let that happen.
The good thing about tiki bars is when the liquor flows, people talk. So, in the interest of justice, Aristotle must go to Pirate’s Cove to get information out of these weird and colorful locals. With each mai tai he will get closer to the truth, and he may just save this town.
In book one of Andrew Culver's McCreadie Mysteries, law school dropout Aristotle McCreadie has just inherited a bunch of money from his dad, a lawyer to the stars. Now that he can do whatever he wants, he moves to the California beach town Playa Santiago. He is determined to spend his days in a houseboat lying in the sun and drinking mai tais at the legendary tiki bar, Pirate's Cove.
But something weird is happening in this idyllic town. A wealthy old real estate mogul, and patron saint of Pirate's Cove, has just been murdered in his sprawling mansion. And whoever did it knew exactly how to dismantle the alarm system, where his cash was hidden, and where his most expensive antiques were. Now everyone in town seems to think it's no big deal and no one wants to answer Aristotle's questions about it.
Aristotle can't enjoy his mai tais when an unsolved murder is killing his buzz. Now weird things are happening at the victim's house at night, and to complicate things, a sexy local girl wants to show him all around town. Which would be great if she didn't have a boyfriend in grad school in Portland.
Why are the police so eager to pass off this crime as an isolated robbery? And why are people whispering about big real estate plans for Playa Santiago? Suddenly Aristotle gets the suspicion that this perfect little town is about to get very tacky and very crowded. Now the future of Pirate's Cove is in jeopardy, and this will mean the end of the best tiki bar, arguably, in the world. Which means that dozens of drinks with secret family recipes may be lost forever. The Pooka Pooka Bowl. The Mexican Mai Tai. The Naked Surfer Girl. All lost. And Aristotle can't let that happen.
The good thing about tiki bars is when the liquor flows, people talk. So, in the interest of justice, Aristotle must go to Pirate’s Cove to get information out of these weird and colorful locals. With each mai tai he will get closer to the truth, and he may just save this town.
- GenresMysteryCozy MysteryCozy
129 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 31, 2015
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August 2, 2015
This was a shorter story but one that I really liked. It was well written. A tiki bar on a nice older town beach was a hot spot for the locals. Drinks made from old, not shared recipes. He came to visit the area and then became a regular at the Cove. He becomes interesting in the happenings of the town.Starts his own investigation into a murder most dont mention anymore. They wanted to demolish all the old homes etc and build a new development of high class stuff leaving the long time residents with out their homes. He finally found the info that he need to solve the murder and make the towns people so happy.
October 17, 2017
Protagonist just happens to run into people who amazingly tell him basically who did it and why. Story is more about drinking than it is about a mystery.
June 11, 2017
Aristotle McCreadie lives in a house boat in Playa Santiago marina. Being bored found a tiki bar called Pirate's Cove and heard of an unsolved murder. Talking to many people that seemed to want to hush it up. He got Ray, an old friend of his father that worked as a reporter for a newspaper involved. Things start happening that keeps you guessing what happened!
February 27, 2020
Fun fact read! Great beach book! I
Liked the main character and all the drink recipes! This is also a good book to read while working out on the bike!
Liked the main character and all the drink recipes! This is also a good book to read while working out on the bike!
February 29, 2020
Nice entertaining read.
Just a nice book to leisurely read on a cold new England weekend.makes you feel about warm lazy summer days.
Just a nice book to leisurely read on a cold new England weekend.makes you feel about warm lazy summer days.
July 13, 2020
I liked the basis of this book and the characters and descriptions of place were good but the story line dragged and this was a short book. Plus how many pages can you spend describing drinks.
August 26, 2020
This was a fun read, silly at times, featuring a lot of Mai Tais and other cocktails.
October 30, 2020
I couldn’t get into this book. Story was very dry. No character.
August 11, 2015
Loved it
Aristotle is in the fictional town of Playa Santiago to visit the Pirates Cove a classic Tiki Bar. While visiting her hears about a murder and decides he needs to solve it. With clues he stumbles upon and help from the towns people he thinks he knows what happened. This is a great mystery with twist and turns not to mention many tropical drinks at the beach. Give this book a try
Aristotle is in the fictional town of Playa Santiago to visit the Pirates Cove a classic Tiki Bar. While visiting her hears about a murder and decides he needs to solve it. With clues he stumbles upon and help from the towns people he thinks he knows what happened. This is a great mystery with twist and turns not to mention many tropical drinks at the beach. Give this book a try
August 5, 2015
Not so cozy, but still a fun beach read
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