When elderly, censorious Shakespearean scholar Marjorie Summerharp, a good swimmer, drowns off Martha's Vineyard, Jeff Jackson, fisherman, amateur chef, and sleuth, is on the killer's trail

The Woman Who Walked into the Sea (Jeff Jackson/Martha's Vineyard Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

Philip R.Craig

United States

Scribner

Former Boston cop Jeff Jackson finds his anticipated enjoyment of an idyllic summer on Martha's Vineyard threatened by the arrival of a royal potentate in search of a stolen necklace, the kidnapping of his friend Zee Madieras, and murder

The Double Minded Men: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Book 3 in Series)

Charles Scribner`s Sons

Vineyard Enigma

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

First Light: The First Ever Brady Coyne / J.W. Jackson Mystery

William G. Tapply

Scribner Book Company

A Vineyard Killing

A New York Times Bestselling Author
 Philip Craig casts his observant eye on the fine line between tragedy and comedy with the Vineyard's criminal du jour. "The Silencer" is on a campaign to destroy the audio systems in music-blasting party houses and open-windowed vehicles. Some residents silently cheer, and J. W. Jackson, a classical music man himself, finds it difficult to get too excited about the crimes - until someone is killed.

Murder At A Vineyard Mansion: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

Thorndike Press

A New York Times Bestselling Author
 It's off-season on Martha's Vineyard: Thanksgiving has come and gone, and hunting season is in full swing. J. W. Jackson - retired cop, dedicated fisherman, and passionate cook - is more or less holed up with his family for the winter. But the outside world intrudes when an old Vietnam buddy asks J.W. to virtually smuggle him back to his home on the Vineyard.

Vineyard Prey: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Set in early June, before the hordes of vacationers descend, Craig's 15th Martha's Vineyard mystery (after 2003's A Vineyard Killing) arrives just in time for the beach. The Vineyard crime scene is a tad slow: a jail prisoner escapes after supper but usually returns before breakfast because the food is so good, thanks to a local chef doing time, while the cops aren't trying too hard to catch "the Silencer," who's been "destroying the sound systems of some of the loudest cars on the island." Then the murders of a security man at a Chappaquiddick "castle" (depicted on the jacket and nicely portending disaster) and the scion of an aristocratic landowner raise the ante. Retired Boston policeman J.W. Jackson sets aside such favorite pastimes as fishing and cooking to investigate several old island families, interbred and linked in the most unpleasant ways, all with ample motives and opportunities for the killings. As ever, Craig depicts the island's residents with humor and affection. J.W. takes his usual pot shots at the author's pet peeves (like drivers who "have their windows down and the volume turned as high as it will go"), but faces a loaded shotgun with aplomb in the near-fatal finale.

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