Beneath a Dragon Moon

Savannah Secrets #13

by Shirley Raye Redmond

When Savannah sisters Irene Crews and Bernadette Florek suspect that their hot-tempered father played a role in a fellow army veteran’s death, they hire Magnolia Investigations to find out the truth. A couple of photos, some rare coins, and a set of military ID tags are all the clues our sleuths have to help them figure out what really happened to Conway Fite. The mystery only intensifies when Meredith and Julia find no trace of Conway. A man can’t simply disappear into thin air. Or can he?

With the help of their dear friend Maggie Lu, Meredith and Julia find themselves following a long, cold trail that leads them back to World War II and the faraway island of Okinawa, the largest of the Ryukyuan Islands and the site of a fierce battle during the war. As Meredith accumulates more clues and more rare gold coins, she comes to realize the truth of her Grandma Gertrude’s favorite maxim: All that glitters is not gold.

Hardcover

About the author

Shirley Raye Redmond is the author of several "sweet" romance novels and dozens of children's books. Many of her titles have won both national and regional awards. She is a member of numerous writing organizations, including Women Writing the West, Southwest Writers, American Christian Fiction Writers, Romance Writers of America, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She lives with her family in New Mexico.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Savannah Secrets is a series published by Guidepost. I don't care for religious-based fiction. I just don't. However, this series is not preachy and is really very good. The series features two older women, Meredith and Julia, who took over Meredith's deceased spouse's private eye investigations, Magnolia Investigations. Most of the book I've read deal with the past and some genealogy and I really like genealogy. There's rarely danger involved; they are just nice mysteries.

In this book, elderly sisters Bernadette and Irene come to Magnolia Investigations with a problem they want solved: they fear their hot-headed father murdered someone. An old Army buddy. They have an old photo of 4 young soldiers, a letter saying "Connie's dead", dog tags, and two solid gold pieces. This sends the women investigators on a quest to find out who the 4 soldiers are and what happened to them. In the course I learned a lot of Okinawa and its part in World War II.

[Kristi Winter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great mystery solved by Meredith and Julia! Great WW2 history! I learned some new things especially within the Asian world during the war.

I feel like a few pieces of the puzzle were not solved in this book—for example, the article by Edward Pyle and Ginger's animosity and secrecy.

~All that glitters is not gold.