Rigged for Murder

Antique Shop Mysteries #18

by Elizabeth Penney

It is Schooner Days Celebration in Somerset Harbor. Maggie is hoping for fair winds and calm seas for the celebration. Fran has friends from her teenage years sailing in and dropping anchor. The captain and all around scoundrel is poisoned by a rare clam toxin. Fran's beau is arrested for the crime. Also during this time the town's alderman has asked for Maggie's help in a bona fide treasure hunt.

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery

Unknown Binding

About the author

Elizabeth Penney lives in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where she pens novels and tries to grow things. Elements that often appear in her novels include vintage summer cottages, past/present mysteries, and the arts. After spending early years in England and France, she grew up in Maine, settings that are reflected in her books.

Elizabeth is the author of the Apron Shop Series and Cambridge Bookshop Series from St. Martin's as well as over twenty novels, short stories, and hundreds of business articles. A former consultant and nonprofit executive, she holds a BS and an MBA. She's also written screenplays with her musician husband.

She loves walking in the woods, kayaking on quiet ponds, trying new recipes, and feeding family and friends.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

When an elderly eccentric leaves his fortune to the town--if they can find it--Maggie joins friends James, Ina, and Clem in the hunt--but someone seems willing to kill to find the trove first. Meanwhile, a man dies during the town's Schooner Days and the boyfriend of one of Maggie's friends is arrested for the crime.

[Robyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cozy mystery.

However, this book is written in a manner that you have: action, dialogue, action, dialogue. With an occasional sprinkle of description. Not a bad book by any means! It just has a few flow issues which can make it a bit difficult to get through. However the plot is fun, and will keep you guessing!

[Debra McEathron · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good cozy read about a group of friends that help solve murder cases in their small Maine town. The characters are a group of ladies that run their own businesses and are good friends as well. This is about a boat captain that is poisoned and they want to find the real killer.

[Sharon Teagarden-king · Rating 4 out of 5]

another cozy mystery

[Irene Marston · Rating 5 out of 5]

good little mystery am still enjoying these books

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story. A festival in Somerset Harbor, the biennial Schooner Days celebration, definitely a mystery to happen.

[Lis Sigona]

3/7/26 - 3/10/26
Rigged for Murder (Antique Shop Mysteries #18) by Elizabeth Penney
I was missing this book from the series that I purchased from Marketplace so I ordered it off Amazon Prime in order to finish up the series. It had Maggie, James, and the historical society ladies of Somerset Harbor in the story, plus Maggie got to meet her daughter Emily’s new love interest, Dr Austin, that she met up in Boston where she now works. This storyline revolved around old friends, competitiveness, jealousy, bullying, some underhanded bad stuff such as embezzlement, poison toxins, and subterfuge of who was really in love with whom! I enjoy these lighthearted mysteries in a world full of such heavy sad news.