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Summary: A MYSTERY TREASURE HUNTERS DREAM
Review: When careful and cautious Pamela Potts falls overboard ,apparently drowned, on a mystery cruise sponsered by Annie Darling Annie has a problem?who pushed her?Sherriff Billy Cameron is ready to rule the death an accident but when Annie discovers Pamela received her invitation from an unidentified source she sets out to hunt Pamelas assailant.The death of Meg Heath ,Aging ex model and millionairess,who Pamela visits regularly convinces Annie that someone wants both Pamela and Meg dead.But why?Coincidentally, according to Sheriff Cameron ,an unidentified stranger turns up dead at the same time as Meg and Pamela .When Annie discovers that Meg was planning a gala dinner for a mystery guest Annie assumes the three deaths are related and the mystery guest holds the key to solving the killings.Who is the mystery guest?All Annie knows is that he looks like Houston second baseman Jeff Kent.While Annie is pursuing the death of the unidentified man a fire at Megs place destroys all evidence of her link to her second husband,Carey Heath.Emma Clyde,Star mystery writer , assumes the motive for the murders is money, casting suspicion on Megs children Jenna and Jason as well as personal secretary Claudette Taylor.Piece by piece Annie ,with help from her devoted husband Max is drawn into a deadly game of murder , greed and rekindled love that threatens the very lives of children near and dear to Annie.This was my first Carolyn Hart mystery but it wont be my last.The book does a masterfulm job of presenting the cozy intimate life of a mystery book seller while simaltaneously involving the reader in a baffling murder mystery.If you love a great mystery MURDER WALKS THE PLANK is a real find.
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