Death on Nantucket (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery)

Synopsis

Spencer Murphy Is A National Treasure: A Famous War Correspondent Who Escaped Captivity In Southeast Asia, His Books And Television Appearances Have Made Him A Fortune For Half A Century. But Spencer, A Venerable Member Of The Wharf Rats--nantucket's Exclusive Club For Fishermen, Storytellers, And Characters--is Growing Forgetful With Age. When Spence Starts To Wander And His Half-asian Daughter Disappears Without A Word, Nantucket Police Detective Meredith Folger Is Called In To Investigate. The Timing Couldn't Be Worse: It's The Fourth Of July, Merry's Planning Her Wedding To Cranberry Farmer Peter Mason, And Her New Police Chief Is Gunning For Her Job. When A Body Is Discovered At Step Above, The Sprawling Murphy House Near Steps Beach, Merry Is Inclined To Call It A Tragic Accident ... Until Another Member Of The Murphy Clan Comes To A Brutal End. As Merry Grapples With A Family Of Unreliable Storytellers--some Incapable Of Recalling The Past, And Others Determined That It Never Be Known--she Suspects That The Truth May Be Forever Out Of Reach, Trapped In The Failing Brain Of A Man Whose Whole Life Turns Out To Be A Lie--