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It's springtime on Cranberry Island — and love is in the air. It seems like every woman has the hots for buff trainer Dirk De Leon. He and his equally-gorgeous business partner, Vanessa Black, are leading a weight-loss retreat at the Gray Whale Inn — forcing innkeeper Natalie Barnes to lighten up her butter-laden breakfast menu.
The mood on the island darkens when two grisly discoveries are made. The first is a skeleton walled up at the island's lighthouse. The second is a corpse of the fresh variety — the handsome Dirk! Could the spirit that once embodied the skeletal remains — perhaps the lighthouse keeper who disappeared a century ago — be responsible for Dirk's death?
The police pin the blame on Natalie's boyfriend who — to her dismay — had a long-ago fling with Vanessa. To find the true killer and ease her own aching heart, Natalie must untangle the knot of jealous girlfriends and spurned admirers that once surrounded the hunky trainer.
At the outset of MacInerney's entertaining third cozy (after 2007's Dead and Berried), innkeeper Natalie Barnes is pleased to be hosting the Lose-It-All Weight Loss retreat at her Gray Whale Inn on Maine's Cranberry Island. Natalie hopes to shed some weight herself since the romance with her shipwright neighbor, John Quinton, is heating up. When the buff corpse of trainer Dirk De Leon, whose regimen included suspicious dietary supplements, turns up near Cranberry Point Lighthouse, the police discover Dirk was poisoned and, to Natalie's dismay, investigate her kitchen. Natalie receives further shocks after John becomes a suspect and another guest is murdered. Adding to the intrigue is the skeleton estimated to be 150 years old that surfaces during the lighthouse's renovation. MacInerney adds a dash of the supernatural, throws in some touristy tidbits and finishes with some tasty diet-right recipes. (Nov.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.A weight-loss retreat at the Gray Whale Inn ends with the murder of the handsome trainer. MacInerney's third series entry (Murder on the Rocks; Dead and Berried) gets derailed when inn owner Natalie Barnes snoops in her guests' rooms and suspects her boyfriend of infidelity based on the flimsiest of observations. For larger collections.
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Posted June 1, 2010
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In this cozy mystery the main character is a real woman with body image issues in her forties. While running the struggling Gray Whale Inn, she hosts a diet retreat filled with mostly women looking to lose some pounds over the course of a week. While serving up the low-calorie dishes to the group and trying to keep her inn afloat, she also needs to solve the murder of one of the group's instructors before her boyfriend is arrested for the crime. As the book develops, the reader discovers the histories of the characters, some more painful than others. The story, the character development, and the sub-plots keep the reader interested. The solution is seen before the end, but the book is still an enjoyable read. The story has a mix of mystery, romance, history and recipes. Would be a great summer read!
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Posted March 21, 2010
This series continues to intertain and grow in maturity. The plot in this one is more complex and keeps you guessing. The characters are wonderful and draw you into the story. Again I find myself anxiously the next book.
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Posted October 14, 2008
This is the third in the series, and I enjoyed every single one so far!
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It's springtime on Cranberry Island — and love is in the air. It seems like every woman has the hots for buff trainer Dirk De Leon. He and his equally-gorgeous business partner, Vanessa Black, are leading a weight-loss retreat at the Gray Whale Inn — forcing innkeeper Natalie Barnes to lighten up her butter-laden breakfast menu.
The mood on the island darkens when two grisly discoveries are made. The first is a skeleton walled up at the island's lighthouse. The second is a corpse of the fresh variety — the handsome Dirk! Could the spirit that once embodied the skeletal remains — perhaps the lighthouse keeper who ...