After the death of her grandfather, Lin Coffin returns to the island of her birth, Nantucket, Massachusetts, to make a new start in life, but things don’t begin smoothly. After not seeing one for 20 years, a ghost appears in her back yard and her cousin, Viv, becomes a suspect in a murder. Lin and Viv, with the help of several others, work to solve the crime before the killer strikes again. This story has ghosts and some mild paranormal elements.
An okay read, I actually enjoyed this book even though the dialog was stilted. The side characters were not well developed and the author attempted to throw the reader off with false characterizations. I’m don’t mind a little misdirection, but it should be subtle.Â
Cousins + Ghosts = suspense and great story lines While just finishing another book by author J A Whiting; Sweet Cove Mysteries; I was looking for something else. I saw that this is book 1 of Lin Coffin, read the description and decided that it sounded very good.Â
Drop everything. Read this author. There are writers and there are authors. Writers publish books, regardless of quality; authors tell stories; again, regardless of quality. Whiting is an outstanding writer and author, telling stories with believable characters with clear and reasonable motivation, good pacing and dialogue. She is also a great writer who can tell the difference between ‘there’ and ‘their’; present and past tense, and who has access to (and USES!) spell-check. There are too many authors out there in…