Nothing's colder than a corpse - -especially one stashed inside a sub-zero fridge. The victim spent his last night on earth dining at the restaurant bar so naturally Julia finds herself at the center of the ensuing investigation. Lost in the November fog, however, is who'd want to kill the unidentified stranger - and why. It might have something to do with a suspicious group of retirees and a decades-old tragedy to which they're all connected. One thing's for sure: Julia's going to make solving this mystery her early bird special.
Julia is running Gus’s Too, a restaurant, with her boyfriend, Chris, in Busman’s Harbor, Maine, during the off-season of her family's clambake business. Their cozy spot is attracting regulars since it's the only place to eat out at night. One morning a man is found dead in the restaurant’s walk-in cooler.
Nobody seems to know anything about him but Julia soon realizes four couples who were eating at the restaurant the night before are tied together in some way. The more she digs, the more she uncovers old secrets and tangled connections that someone wants to keep hidden.
This story was written in first person perspective in Julia's voice. I found with the four couples it was hard to keep track of who they were married to and what their past backstories were. I was okay with the whodunnit. It was interesting following Julia's investigation (even though the police told her to back off) but she made some dumb dangerous decisions. It's a cozy mystery so there is no swearing, violence or adult activity. At the end of the book, there are recipes that were mentioned during the story including split pea soup with ham and lobster and corn chowder.
This is the fourth (of 12) in the Maine Clambake Mystery series. I read the first three recently and will keep moving through the series.
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