Kirjahaku

Used to a lifetime of no one caring where she was, Becca Sue's not sure she likes it when everyone wants her with them. The luxury subdivision she inherited is on it's feet as Backwater, Florida. With the market and shops, it's now a multi-use community - whether the wealthy owners there want that or not. On a quick trip home to Piney, Georgia, Becca Sue discovers she's now one of the cool people. Maybe the trip shouldn't be THAT quick. Being one of the cool people is, well, cool.

Jewel Mantelle has never lived in the South, much less on the coast, so moving from Chicagoland to the historic North Florida coastal town of Sophia Island seems like just the adventure to fix her marriage. However, when she arrives she finds that it's awfully hot and humid there and that these Southern folks really like to hug.Her husband's past on the island includes a creaky old house in the historic district and lots of nosy relatives he'd forgotten to mention. When one of the Mantelle cousins turns up dead, Jewel needs something she's never really had before--friends. As her lunch bunch puts on their detective caps to get to the bottom of this murder, Jewel discovers that she may get more than she bargained for out of Sophia Island.THE MANATEE DID IT is a clean and cozy beach mystery set in a historic small town. It'll keep you turning pages well after bedtime and slathering on more sunscreen to get a few more poolside pages in.