Lorraine M. (Lorraine) reviewed on 5/10/2006 + 85 more book reviews

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It wasn't easy for Detective Merry Folger to convince ger father, the Nantucket police chief, that she had the right stuff. But with her first murder case neatly behind her , Merry proves she is a third generation any cop would be proud of . Still, she has orders to leave this one alone.

A Dark and Stormy Night
When Captain Joe Duarte slid from the deck of his fishing trawler and disappeared into the black waves,everyone agreed his death was an accident .Everyone , that is, except Joe's estranged daughter Del, whose return to Nantucket with a baby has fueled the local gossip .Del never named the baby's father , and never reconciled with Joe, but now she's convinced that her father's been murdered and begs her childhood friend Detective Mary Folger to track down a killer. What Merry trails is a wake of fishy stories, threatening letters, scandalous secrets.. and some murky motives for a watery death.

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