Lost to the Sea: A Cozy Mystery

Lost in Alaska #3

by Leigh Mayberry

The Alaskan Frontier isn’t for everyone. It’s isolated and cold. There are thousands of miles of jagged mountain ranges and hundreds of thousands of miles of inhospitable tundra. It’s a place that takes a special kind of person to live there. Meghan Sheppard is that kind of person. At forty-four, divorced, and a former Special Agent for the FBI, Meghan takes a job at the top of the world because her skills fit the rural environment. The night Meghan Sheppard receives a ship to shore call regarding a derelict pleasure cruiser, it turns into a profound near-death experience. As Police Chief for Kinguyakkii, she’s responsible for the town and the outlying areas. That includes the vast Kinguyakkii Bay and the Chukchi Sea. Meghan never experienced the open wild waters of the Alaska shoreline. Now it could be her last voyage. Everyone wants to claim the boat because it’s considered an abandoned vessel. Meghan seems to be the one person who wants to know what happened to its captain. Now, Meghan is out on a preverbal limb. She will have to travel to Nome and Anchorage to solve the mystery. Meghan is having the worst week of her life. Now, it’s a race to find the missing captain, save the pirate, and figure out what happened aboard the Seagrass. Meghan is at the end of her rope, and no one wants to consider she’s uncovered something that isn’t what everyone else believes. Meghan has to trust her officers and put her faith in her intuition. It’s October in Alaska and it’s cold and miserable. Megan has a case, and she’s sinking fast. While it could be the end for Meghan Sheppard, she’s not willing to go quietly. Please Third Volume of the the Lost in Alaska Mystery Series. Approximately 51,000 words in length. It is a standalone (reading prior or future volumes not required to enjoy the book, no cliffhanger). Themes Female chief of police, woman sleuth, Alaska, frontier, tundra

219 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 10, 2020

Reviews

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have never been let down by this writer,so I wasn't surprised by this amazing piece of work old caracters and new are as vibrant as ever and full of intreage and humor as well as passion for life well except the murderer and even the murderer puts on a good show. Alaska the a wild frontier of the north and the dangers are as such usually nature so no one gets to excited when a boat is found floating adrift in the inlet, but the sheriff wants answers."Lost to the Sea" is an amazingly twisted and well written cozey murder mystery. Aquier a copy so you can enjoy reading it as much as I have. 🤔🙄😊Kat

[Clarence A Corter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lost to the Sea

I really enjoyed reading this book. It was well written and an interesting mystery. I'm looking forward to reading more books written by Leigh Mayberry.

[Merry Chapman · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like a cozy mytery that you just can't put down then this is the one. In fact this whole series is like that! Book 3 in this series will take you on a ride with some crazy, slick characters and our protagonist, Meghan Sheppard is the police chief in Kinguyakkii, Alaska a town on top of the world. She felt that this would be a great job to get her away from her former job of Special Agent for the FBI and away from a nasty divorce and it would be so much easier. Well, best laid plans as they say...She gets a call that a yacht was floating in the bay and no one seems to be piloting it. Taking her two seasoned officers with her she goes out to see if something happened to the owner of the boat. Nearly drowning trying to retrieve the boat with hyperthermia setting in, she and her two officers manage to bring the boat in. Seems the owner was missing from the boat. Did he wash overboard? Now she has to figure out what happened to the owner and how the visiting hair dresser is involved and how is the homeless derelict involved? He did show up with the boat owner's credit card at the store. There is so many red- herrings and twists and turns you have to keep turning pages to keep up! I love Meghan, she is strong and is a great force in the town. I received and ARC of this book but the opinions expressedd here are strictly my own.

[Phthon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. This was an awesome mystery! I truly enjoyed the thread about Tommy Bartlett. I like how each one of these stories has such a different feel. They are not cookie cutter, but each an individual story. I loved it!

[Kari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great mystery by Leigh Mayberry. Fast paced with twists for the illustrious Police Chief to straighten out. Missing person or cold blooded murder?
I recieved this book as an advanced reader for my honest review.

[Cherime MacFarlane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better

The editing was better in this one and the plot is a killer. Leigh Mayberry, I love how your mind works. Great story.

[Casey Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good!!! Many spelling errors but it didn’t take away from the story!