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The Loggerhead Murders
After her husband is killed, Abby Finn retreats to Goose Inlet where someone is poaching sea turtle eggs and leaving human body parts beneath the nests. Is her husband to blame?
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Abby Finn can’t get an answer to why her husband’s laboratory blew up on Mother’s Day with him in it. She seeks comfort in the little seaside town of Goose Inlet, and half-heartedly joins the local sea turtle project. Her bid for serenity is shattered, however, when she helps excavate a strangely behaving turtle nest and, instead of finding unhatched Loggerhead eggs, grabs a handful of human flesh. And that’s not the only nest with missing eggs. And not the only nest where eggs are poached and replaced with pieces of a person.
Abby casts a suspicious eye on several possible poachers. There’s the prickly volunteer with money problems. Two goofy beach bums with a family history of relishing turtle egg omelets. The woman who hails from a country where sea turtle egg poaching out-profits drug smuggling. But why would any of them mark a poached nest with human flesh? And why would a smug, wingtip-wearing city dude claim Abby’s dead husband schemed to steal the eggs? When Abby finds the city slicker floating dead in a cove, Goose Inlet’s peculiar summer turns murderous.
In her quest to clear her husband’s name, Abby discovers covert investigative reporter skills and a talent for breaking and entering. She gets dumped into an alligator-patrolled creek and is chased across a river while a mammoth container ship bears down on her kayak. Despite the threats on her life, will she succeed in identifying the poacher, the mutilator, and the murderer? Will she discover who killed her husband?
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Abby Finn can’t get an answer to why her husband’s laboratory blew up on Mother’s Day with him in it. She seeks comfort in the little seaside town of Goose Inlet, and half-heartedly joins the local sea turtle project. Her bid for serenity is shattered, however, when she helps excavate a strangely behaving turtle nest and, instead of finding unhatched Loggerhead eggs, grabs a handful of human flesh. And that’s not the only nest with missing eggs. And not the only nest where eggs are poached and replaced with pieces of a person.
Abby casts a suspicious eye on several possible poachers. There’s the prickly volunteer with money problems. Two goofy beach bums with a family history of relishing turtle egg omelets. The woman who hails from a country where sea turtle egg poaching out-profits drug smuggling. But why would any of them mark a poached nest with human flesh? And why would a smug, wingtip-wearing city dude claim Abby’s dead husband schemed to steal the eggs? When Abby finds the city slicker floating dead in a cove, Goose Inlet’s peculiar summer turns murderous.
In her quest to clear her husband’s name, Abby discovers covert investigative reporter skills and a talent for breaking and entering. She gets dumped into an alligator-patrolled creek and is chased across a river while a mammoth container ship bears down on her kayak. Despite the threats on her life, will she succeed in identifying the poacher, the mutilator, and the murderer? Will she discover who killed her husband?
348 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 9, 2019
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July 13, 2024
Georgia Ann Mullen does a fantastic job incorporating knowledge of sea turtles into a mystery plot line. Plenty of science and conservation efforts are showcased throughout the story, which I admire greatly.
Where the novel suffers, is the actual murder mystery plot line. Quite basic and rather easy to predict the outcome. That doesn't take away from the actual reading experience though. Just don't go into it expecting a story filled with twists and turns that has you second guessing everything you've been told.
If you want to learn some new info on sea turtles, relate with the many, well-written characters, and enjoy a simple murder mystery, then this is the book for you.
Where the novel suffers, is the actual murder mystery plot line. Quite basic and rather easy to predict the outcome. That doesn't take away from the actual reading experience though. Just don't go into it expecting a story filled with twists and turns that has you second guessing everything you've been told.
If you want to learn some new info on sea turtles, relate with the many, well-written characters, and enjoy a simple murder mystery, then this is the book for you.
August 18, 2024
I bought this book a few years ago from a book shop because of a local author sticker on it. I love supporting local but did not have high hopes. I gave it a shot and it was really good! I liked it a lot. It’s not my normal genre but I am glad it’s a part of my collection. It’s autographed too, so a win for me!!!!
May 7, 2022
Author did a pretty good job of combining information about sea turtles and mixing in a murder mystery plot. Learned a lot of information I didn't know.
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