Mary
Kay Andrews never fails to keep me involved in her books to the very end. This book didn’t disappoint, I didn’t want to
put it down and hated it when it was time to go to bed and my kindle ran out of
juice. I do a lot of reading on it lying
next to my sleeping husband. Then he
wonders why I want a nap the next day.
This book had great characters and was so well written, it sure doesn’t
have to be a beach day when you read it, but you’ll wish you were there. I am not going to write a about the story
because the description as found on NetGalley.com covers the story. Just don’t pass by this book if you get the chance
to buy it, you’ll enjoy it from beginning to end. It has suspense, mystery, some romance, and
the beach! What more could you want?
I
received this book through NetGalley.com free in the kindle format. I am not required to write a review, although
I usually do, I like to help out authors and readers. The review was my own, thoughts on the book
were mine! #TheNewcomer #MaryKayAndrews
#NetGalley
Description
From NetGalley.com:
Summer never ends with
MKA
In trouble and on the run...
After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New
York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya’s
ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief
and panic Letty heeds her late sister’s warnings: “If anything bad happens to
me—it’s Evan. Promise me you’ll take Maya and run. Promise me.” So Letty grabs
her sister’s Mercedes and hits the road . . .
With a trunkful of emotional baggage...
and her wailing four-year-old niece Maya. Letty is determined to out-run Evan
and the law, but run to where? Tanya, a woman with a past shrouded in secrets,
left behind a “go-bag” of cash and a big honking diamond ring—but only one
clue: a faded magazine story about a sleepy mom-and-pop motel in a Florida
beach town with the improbable name of Treasure Island. She sheds her old life
and checks into an uncertain future at The Murmuring Surf Motel.
The No Vacancy sign is flashing & the sharks are circling...
And that’s the good news. Because The Surf, as the regulars call it, is the
winter home of a close-knit flock of retirees and snowbirds who regard this
odd-duck newcomer with suspicion and down-right hostility. As Letty settles
into the motel’s former storage room, she tries to heal Maya’s heartache and
unravel the key to her sister’s shady past, all while dodging the attention of
the owner’s dangerously attractive son Joe, who just happens to be a local
police detective. Can Letty find romance as well as a room at the inn—or will
Joe betray her secrets and put her behind bars? With danger closing in, it’s a
race to find the truth and right the wrongs of the past.
