I read the first one and loved it, thought it was hilarious so I grabbed up the second and third. I finally got around to reading the second one here and I still really liked it. Not quite as funny but exciting, interesting and an easy read. The main character, Sophie, seemed quite a bit more ...
With this story, MacInerney brings us the third entry in her Gray Whale Inn series, following “Dead and Berried.” The action begins approximately 8 months after the conclusion of that 2nd novel.Natalie Barnes, owner of the Gray Whale Inn, is providing accommodations and food service for a week-lo...
Mothers Day Out is funny, adventurous, lots of mystery and plenty of intrigue to keep the mystery fans attention. Margie Peterson, mother of 2 children under the age of 5, wife to ambitious lawyer, has been a stay at home mom, but decides to take a part-time job as a PI. In short time the adventu...
I almost stopped reading this in the first few chapters because it was so corny but I am happy I did not. It had just enough of a mystery and laugh out loud circumstances to keep me hooked and to become attached to the characters. Margie Peterson is a house Mom who has to return to the workplace ...
Berried to the Hilt is book 4 of the Gray Whale Inn cozy mystery series by Karen MacInerney. The setting is what I like best about the series – The Gray Whale Inn is a bed-and-breakfast inn on Cranberry Island in Maine. Proprietor Natalie Barnes fled a failed engagement and hectic life in Texas t...
Natalie Barnes buys the Gray Whale Inn, a bed and breakfast in Maine, and publicly opposes Bernard Katz's proposed resort development, which threatens a colony of black-chinned terns, and when Katz is found dead, Natalie must find the true killer in order to clear her own name.
This is the 2nd book in the Gray Whale Inn series, following Murder on the Rocks. That first book was pretty good, this one not so much.It is not a crime for an author to write an annoying lead character nor is it a crime for an author to write an emotionally weak lead character. But is a real sh...
It was one of those fifteen-story loft buildings that attempt to be both modern and ‘vintage’ simultaneously. This particular building attempted to meld the old and the new by stacking fourteen stories of mirrored glass atop a squat, brownstone base festooned with arches and curlicues. Accordin...
It was usually held at the island’s church – Saint James Episcopal – but since the church floor refinishing project that was supposed to be done two months ago still hadn’t been completed, I’d volunteered the Gray Whale Inn as an alternate location. "Can’t we put them out on the back deck?” I ask...
I hissed to Becky. “Turn off your light.”We both flicked off our flashlights and turned off the path, crunching into the undergrowth. I heard a clunk, then a stifled grunt from Becky, but I didn’t dare ask if she was okay. The crunching footsteps grew closer, the light roving through the cedars a...
Matilda said, still staring at the bottle. “Now I know who it was.” “You really think a priest was responsible for this?” I asked. “What better cover?” She glanced at me. “Nobody’s going to go after the local priest.” “Appare...