Last Resort (A Gottingen Witch Mystery)

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Summary: delightful mystery!
Review: If you're a mystery buff intrigued by the alure of AtlanticCanada then I reccomend you pick up Last Resort; book one in theGottingen Witch Mystery Series by award-winning screenwriter/novelist,Lynn Turner. Ms. Turner knows how to spin a tale and this story hasit all; a brilliant setting, quirky characters, and a well-plottedmystery sure to have you begging for more. Great read! END

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Summary: Maritime for Murder
Review: Lynn Turner invites the reader to the sheltered coves and rock-bound coasts of Nova Scotia, introducing Keely Dunwich, successful city lawyer seeking a slower pace amid her small town roots. The suspicious residents of Gottingen offer a mixed welcome when she inherits her grandmother's weathered jumble of a cottage complete with obese pussycat. Troubles have plagued the Maritimes since jobs disappeared with the cod moratorium. Now a secretive German consortium arrives to gobble oceanfront property for an exclusive resort. Suddenly Keely becomes embroiled in a murder and enamoured of a handsome cannery owner with a dark and brooding side. To add to the distractions, it seems that her Wiccan grandmother's gifts may have skipped a generation. Did that crystal ball really change colours? What is the ancient cat trying to convey? Shrugging off the antics as coincidence, she resists experimenting with the family powers.

Turner's romantic touch is deft, the attraction between Keely and the bold and complex Jay building slowly and subtly. The secondary characters, especially the prickly Delu, enhance the lively pace of a crafted plot through their consistent human motivations. Above all, the sense of place shines through sensory details. Enjoy a bowl of creamy lobster chowder, smell the salt sea air, and pick your way across the jagged rocks dripping with seaweed, until a rolling fog blots out the land that time and industry forgot.