Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Dead Man's Float
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Beth Sherman
Class/Genre: Mystery Amateur Sleuth Woman Main Character
Series: Jersey Beach # 1
Avon, Jul 1998, $5.99, 280 pp.
In Oceanside, New Jersey, Ann Hardaway is the ghost writer on several popular household guide books. Though she makes her living making other people's "How To Do" books look good, thirty-something Ann is bored to tears in her clean living small town. She thinks things might pick up when the guy she lusted over in high school, Tigger Mills, returns after a two decade absence. Twenty years ago, Tigger left town after everyone, except Ann, thought he killed a young girl during an act of arson.
However, Tigger drowns under very suspicious circumstances. Once again, Ann is the odd duck as every other one of the 702 residents believe Tigger committed suicide. Ann thinks a murder occurred. Armed with her knowledge of housekeeping, and the ins and outs of each and every home in the area, Anne begins to investigate.
DEAD MAN'S FLOAT is a unique amateur sleuth novel due to the insertion as part of the story line of some interesting housekeeping tips in each chapter. Ann is an interesting character and the Jersey shore is always fun to visit. Fans of culinary mysteries will enjoy this sister tale lovingly written by Beth Sherman, who uses her expertise as home beautification specialist to perhaps start a new sub-genre.
Harriet Klausner
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