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Working on the Godding Museum's annual local artist show is the perfect way for English teacher Sarah Deane to earn a few dollars, relax in the sun and sea air of coastal Maine, and spend the summer with her boyfriend, Dr. Alex McKenzie. But when Sarah and Alex discover the body of Nate Harwood, a cranky local artist, caught in an offshore fish trap, they know they'll have no vacation from amateur detecting until they catch his killer. Could his death be related to the "accidental" drowning show more of two elderly tourists shortly after they had brought a painting from Prior's Gallery? Is one of the contestants in the museum show willing to go to any lengths to win? Or does someone have strong feelings against seascapes? Sarah and Alax canvass Weymouth Island trying to draw a clearer picture of the killer lurking among them--before they find the next victim. show lessTags
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very slow moving mystery - not that believable that it was a Maine murder - it just didn't feel right
c1954 by Norma Millay Ellis (?!)
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- Canonical title
- The Down-East Murders
- Original publication date
- 1985
- People/Characters
- Sarah Deane; Alex McKenzie; Nate Harwood; Harrison Petty; Doris Ordway; Giddy Lester (show all 10); Elspeth McKenzie; Mike Laaka; Susan Cohen; George Fitts (Sgt.)
- Important places
- Weymouth Island, Maine, USA
- First words
- The Godding Museum of Art in the little town of Rockport was a bulky Victorian number, once the private house of the prosperous and often contentious Godding family.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He put his arm gently around her shoulders, and peacefully, without speaking, they watched as the Robin Day slid past the gray-veiled bulk of Captain's Head, past Lighthouse Point and Little Mote, between the dim outline of Abbott's Ledge and Mac's Mote, and into the shrouded harbor.
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.33)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 2
