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Erica Bloom is in no rush to return to Otter Lake, the site of her mother's spiritual retreat for women. Erica met her inner goddess years ago and she's happy to have forged a new identity on her own, thank you very much. But her new-age-y, well-meaning mother is losing her grip on the business, and needs Erica's help. So she heads back to her New Hampshire hometown, where nothing much has changed—except for maybe the body in the well . . .
When Erica was a teenager, she fell prey to a practical joke that left her near-naked in Otter Lake's annual Raspberry Social. The incident was humiliating, but it wasn't like anyone got killed—until now. Those who were behind that long-ago prank are starting to turn up dead, and Erica's appearance in town makes her a prime suspect. To make matters worse, the town sheriff just happens to be Erica's old nemesis, Grady Forrester . . . who also happens to be hotter than ever. Can Erica find a way to dig up the truth—before someone digs her grave?
"A delightful mystery with laugh-out-loud moments, a touch of romance, and a fun, sassy style. Readers will enjoy every moment spent in Otter Lake." —Diane Kelly, award winning author of Busted
"Time spent with the folks in Otter Lake is well worthwhile, with writing that is witty, contemporary, and winning." —Kirkus Reviews
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- ISBN: 9781466889934
- File size: 471 KB
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- ISBN: 9781466889934
- File size: 1028 KB
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January 1, 2016
A folksy New Hampshire town's one straight-laced former citizen can't dodge the murder charge someone's trying to pin on her. It's been a long time since Erica Bloom has returned to her hometown of Otter Lake--maybe since the very night she left. She didn't really mean to stay away; it's just that her life as Chicago Erica, the stenographer, has been so much more normal than her childhood growing up the daughter of the town's only hippie: Summer, owner of the women's retreat center Earth, Moon, and Stars. But her mother has demanded that Erica return to help with something she refuses to discuss over the phone. When Erica arrives and hears her mother's plans to pass Erica off as the retreat's resident psychologist, she wants to send her mother in for counseling, since one course does not a doctorate make. As if that's not bad enough, Erica keeps having run-ins with Grady Forrester, the boy-turned-man who ran her out of town after a clothes-stealing skinny-dipping incident. Maybe she's having the run-ins with Grady just because he's the local sheriff and Erica is the prime suspect in his newest murder case, but she'd rather think it's because he finds her irresistible, not just suspicious. Among the nutty characters Wallace (Sidekick Returns, 2015, etc.) presents, the big charmer is Grady's partner, Rhonda, whose questioning of Erica always leads to the same question: why can't they be friends? Time spent with the folks in Otter Lake is well worthwhile, with writing that is witty, contemporary, and winning.COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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