Review of QUIET ANCHORAGE by Ed Lynskey

BooksForABuck.com, February 2011

Quiet Anchorage, Virginia, looks like paradise. When she's accused of murdering her fiance, however, the small town is anything but heavenly for Megan Connors. With her fingerprints on the murder weapon, it looks like an open-and-shut case, and Sheriff Fox, running for reelection and anxious to get credit for 'solving' a murder case, intends on ramming through charges and getting a conviction. Megan's only champions are her aging aunts. They don't believe she's guilty, but what can two senior citizens do against the powers of the state and the evidence against Megan?

Isabel and Alma Trumbo may be aging, even worried about memory loss, but they've read just about every mystery published in the past half-century. They're sure they've picked up the skills and knowledge they need to prove Megan's innocence. Starting with the town's gossips and loafers, then scaling up when the sexy ex-girlfriend of one of the Sheriff's deputies joins them, they search for alternate suspects, possible motives, and any evidence that might exonerate their niece.

Author Ed Lynskey (see more BooksForABuck.com reviews of mysteries by Lynskey) creates a memorable cozy mystery with a pair of sympathetic and interesting sleuths, plenty of local color, a sassy sidekick in the form of Sammi Jo, and a gentle humor that kept me smiling through the story. My earlier experience with Lynskey was with his hard-boiled detective stories and I was impressed how smoothly he handled the cozy format.

Four Stars

Reviewed 2/09/11

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