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    Dune to Death

    By Mary Daheim

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    Bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle and her policeman beau Joe Flynn hgave finally gotten hitched-and they're off on a sunny honeymoon to beautiful Buccaneer Beach.But an unfortunate confrontation with a dune buggy run amok puts hubby Joe in hospital traction-leaving his beleaguered blushing bride stranded in paradise with a bad case of ennui by the sea. Luckily irrepressible cousin Renie has selflessly agreed to keep Judith company. And when the landlady of their cozy, costly cottage by the shore turns up dead in their living room, the cousins suddenly have a murderous mystery to keep them afloat. Rumors of a fortune in buried pirate gold add spice to their adventure. But digging up both a treasure and a killer is dirty business-and Judith and Renie might end up digging their own graves.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061736995
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    Mary Daheim

    Mary Richardson Daheim is a Seattle native with a communications degree from the University of Washington. Realizing at an early age that getting published in books with real covers might elude her for years, she worked on daily newspapers and in public relations to help avoid her creditors. She lives in her hometown in a century-old house not unlike Hillside Manor, except for the body count. Daheim is also the author of the Alpine mystery series.

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    • 4/5
      Judith and Joe finally get away for their honeymoon only to have things turned upside down.

      Faced with time alone while Joe is in the hospital, Judith invites 'cos' Renie to come stay in the little beach side cottage the couple had rented. As an added attraction to the sun, surf and cozy cottage, the dead body of the landlady is found on the front room floor by the two cousins. This tantalizing items sets the cousins off on another sleuthing adventure to try and solve who-dunnit.

      Along the way they meet the landlady's family: a stand-offish sister, ditzy niece and her rodeo husband, hangdog nephew and wife with the passel of kids, the strange man who appears to be living at the boathouse and an old murder that was never really solved. Assisting them is the sheriff and the chief of police who have their own bumbling turf war going between them.

      This cozy and humourous read is fun, entertaining and light. I have read a number of her books and enjoyed them all. For me a Good Read.
    • 4/5
      Dune to Death is book four in Mary Daheim's Bed and Breakfast mystery series. Judith Grover McMonigle finally marries Homicide Detective Joseph Flynn. The wedding is described in a couple of pages in the first chapter, after an amusing opening. Judith and Joe are honeymooning in a cottage called 'Pirate's Lair' by fictional Buccaneer Beach on the coast of Oregon. Judith's grouchy mother, Gertrude Grover, has moved into her aunt, Deborah Grover's, apartment. Part of the comedy in this book is phone calls with the ladies. That's one subplot. Another is the disappearance of Sweetums, Judith & Gertie's poorly-named cat.The honeymoon does not go as planned, with Joe landing in the local hospital after an accident. (Poor Joe is so out of it when Judith first visits him that he imagines she is his alcoholic ex-wife and shouts embarrassing things at her.) Judith talks her cousin Renie into coming and staying with her. Of course there's a murder and the cousins find the body. The local law enforcement, headed by Police Chief Neil Clooney and Sheriff Josh Eldritch, are not cooperating with each other. Judith is also dealing with Alice Hoke, her son Augie and his wife Amy, and Alice's daughter
    • 4/5
      In this mystery, Bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle and her new husband, Police Lieutenant Joe Flynn, are on their honeymoon at Buccaneer Beach. But during a dune buggy ride, Joe crashes the buggy, breaking his leg. Judith calls her cousin Renie who agrees to stay with her while Joe is in the hospital. Soon after Renie arrives, they find their landlady dead in their cottage, strangled to death with a kite string. Never one to pass up a mystery, Judith and Renie investigate the murder, as well as look for a buried treasure. Can they solve the mystery and find the treasure before returning home? This is another fun "cozy" mystery by Mary Daheim. There are tons of humorous moments in this book. It's well plotted and, while I was able to figure out who the murderer was near the end of the book, there were still a few twists and turns that I didn't see coming. I've read several of these bed and breakfast books by Mary Daheim and I enjoy them more and more. Highly recommended!October 13, 2004