Shores Mystery

Folks in a fishing village squabble over seafood, and the net result may be murder. Hyacinth "Hy" McAllister lives at The Shores, a remote Canadian fishing village, and lobster season has arrived. But the founder of the Lobster Liberation Legion has also arrived, and the lobster-rights activists are springing the shellfish from their traps. The locals are not happy-and the situation is about to boil over ...

A Canadian Mountie and an amateur sleuth race to solve a seaside mystery before a hurricane hits in this witty mystery from "a natural storyteller" (Ottawa Review of Books). Hyacinth "Hy" McAllister trips over a body on the beach in her tiny Canadian fishing village one day-and tumbles head first into a murder case. Lance Lord, dressed up like Jimi Hendrix, has had his head split open with an axe. As Hurricane Angus storms up the coast, Hy and Mountie Jane Jamieson vie against the elements to uncover the killer in a village where almost everyone has something to hide ...

Nothing big ever happens in The Shores. Ceilidhs, yes. Killings, no. That all changes when amateur sleuth, Hy McAllister trips over a body on the beach and tumbles head first into a murder case. Cottager Lance Lord, dressed like Jimi Hendrix, has had his head split open with an axe. As Hurricane Angus storms up the coast, Hy and Mountie Jane Jamieson vie against the elements to uncover the murderer in a village where almost everyone has something to hide.

The Shores is celebrating a killer 200th anniversary. A skull tossed up on the beach sparks a heritage murder investigation.Meanwhile, serial widow Vera Gloom moves into the village with her three ex- husbands. Are they one big happy family? Amateur sleuth, Hy McAllister has her doubts, and things get even more interesting when Vera starts working on husband number four. Hy has to convince Mountie Jane Jamieson that these people are more than just a little dysfunctional-- before it's too late.