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Title details for In Too Steep by Kate Kingsbury - Available

In Too Steep

#2 in series

by Kate Kingsbury
Linda Jones
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It seemed like a simple case: the murder of Lewis Trenton, a beachcomber who lived alone in a cabin in the Oregon hills. But the newspaper article piques the interest of Vivian Wainwright, owner of the British-style Misty Bay Tearoom. The photo accompanying the article shows Lewis's cluttered living room and on the shelf is a replica of Big Ben. Vivian is sure she sold the clock a week before in her shop. Who could have given the replica to Lewis? Unable to keep from doing a bit of sleuthing, Vivian hunts down the replica in a local thrift shop, noticing that the base is missing, rendering it worthless, but just as she's about to throw it in the trash, a sparkle catches her eye. It's a diamond, hidden away in a crevice in the clock. Vivian takes the diamond to Detective Tony Messina, who identifies it as part of a jewelry heist in Portland a month earlier. Portland police think Lewis was the fence who sold the jewels and that he was killed after double-crossing the thieves—but Messina doesn't believe the story. What was the true motive behind Lewis's murder? How did he come upon the diamond? And what secrets can the clock tell—before the killer strikes again?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Misty Bay Tea Room Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 9, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666614206
      • File size: 224951 KB
      • Duration: 07:48:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 13, 2022
      Kingsbury’s uneven sequel to 2021’s In Hot Water finds Vivian Wainwright, the owner of the Willow Pattern Tearoom in Misty Bay, Ore., barely recovered from the excitement of a previous murder case when she dives into solving the murder of local beachcomber Lewis Trenton. Viv’s employees, Jenna Ramsey and Gracie Jackson, insist on investigating alongside her, and despite the misgivings of Viv’s love interest, Hal Douglass, Hal also gets on board with their sleuthing. They soon find a link between the victim and a souvenir from Viv’s tearoom. Meanwhile, Det. Lt. Tony Messina isn’t at all happy about the tearoom ladies’ involvement—especially since Jenna had such a close shave with death during their last adventure. When a TV news report suggests Trenton acted as a fence for some Portland jewel thieves, Viv is even more determined to clear Trenton’s name and identify his killer. Endearing characters make up for the slow pace, though Viv’s extreme reluctance to call in the police may strike some as more than foolish, and the double threat in the finale is definitely overkill. Most cozy fans won’t mind. Agent: Paige Wheeler, Creative Media Agency.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

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