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Murder at Musket Beach (Tony and Pat Pratt, Bk 1)
Murder at Musket Beach - Tony and Pat Pratt, Bk 1 Author:Bernie Lee Not since William Powell and Myrna Loy brought Nick and Nora Charles to life in "The Thin Man" films has there been as engaging or entertaining an amateur-sleuth team as Tony and Pat Pratt, who are introduced here in Bernie Lee's at once charming and spine-tingling mystery debut. — Welcome to Musket Beach, a sleepy village and resort on the north... more » coast of Oregon, where Tony Pratt, freelance copywriter, and wife Pat, a financial consultant, try to unwind on weekends and summer vacations. Normally the only troublesome aspect of Fourth of July Weekend--aside from the usual balky weather--is the influx of a crowd of tourists for the annual Sandcastle Festival. That is, until sudden, shocking, violent death breaks the tranquility.
Tony and Pat discover a dead body that turns out to be that of the village's not-so-popular mayor, Carl Conley. Who bashed Mayor Conley on the head with a blunt instrument, and when and why?
A mystery writer in his spare time, Tony fancies he can solve this one in real life. Pat would rather her husband stay out of it. But Tony stumbles onto the relationship between the dead mayor's voluptuous wife, Carole, and the local celebrity, Hollywood actor and ace voice-over man. At which point Pat realizes she is being stalked by the grocer and self-appointed protector of Musket Beach's civic integrity, one Martin Ross.
And so the Pratts are dragged willy-nilly into the midst of a decidedly ominous chain of events, that ends in yet another murder. Challenged, Tony and Pat muster the courage and ingenuity they weren't sure they had as they now face lethal threats against themselves...« less