Torn Asunder

by Barbara Ross Narrated by Dara Rosenberg

Overview

In Barbara Ross's award-winning series featuring sleuth Julia Snowden and her family's coastal Maine clambake business, Morrow Island is a perfect spot for a wedding-and a Snowden Family Clambake. Julia Snowden is busy organizing both-until a mysterious wedding crasher drops dead amid the festivities . . .



Julia's best friend and business partner, Zoey, is about to marry her policeman boyfriend. Of course, a gorgeous white wedding dress shouldn't be within fifty yards of a plate of buttery lobster-so that treat is reserved for the rehearsal dinner. Julia is a little worried about the timing, though, as she works around a predicted storm.



When a guest falls to the floor dead, it turns out that no one seems to know who he is, despite the fact that he's been actively mingling and handing out business cards. And when an injection mark is spotted on his neck, it's clear this wasn't caused by a shellfish allergy. Now, as the weather deteriorates and a small group is stranded on the island with the body-and the killer-Julia starts interrogating staff, family members, and Zoey's artist friends to find out who turned the clambake into a crime scene . . .

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Praise for Barbara Ross and the Maine Clambake Mystery Series
 
“Along the rocky coastline and pine forests of Maine’s landscape, a particular literary species thrives — the cozy mystery…Examples include (but aren’t limited to!) Lea Wait’s Mainely Needlepoint series and Barbara Ross’s Maine Clambake mysteries.” —The New York Times
 
“Small town Maine makes the perfect setting for cozy murder mysteries.” —The Portland Press Herald

“Proof that even the underemployed can get the cozy sleuth itch.” —Kirkus Reviews on Muddled Through

“I honestly don’t know how Barbara Ross does it, writing such a terrific cozy culinary mystery series filled with consistently intriguing puzzles and fresh social dynamics for our heroine, Julia Snowden, to navigate as she solves crimes while trying to run her businesses.” —Criminal Element on Shucked Apart

"Shucked Apart is an intelligent, well-plotted page-turner with likable characters and a doozy of an ending. As an added bonus, it’s also a lesson in oyster farming . . . Highly recommended." —Suspense Magazine on Shucked Apart

“Sure to appeal to readers who treasure the Maine coast, Ross’s latest continues the lives and minor dramas of her fictionalized version of Boothbay Harbor with amiable characters.” —Kirkus Reviews on Steamed Open
 
“The beautiful landscape of coastal Maine adds local color to two intriguing mysteries.” —Kirkus Reviews on Sealed Off
 
“A seamless blend of secrets into a page-turner any mystery fan will love.” —Suspense Magazine on Sealed Off
 
“Barbara Ross is my favorite culinary cozy author and for good reason; her plots are engrossing and topical, her characters have both smarts and heart, and her books are always a terrific read.” —Criminal Element on Sealed Off
 
“Each one is even better than the previous.” —Suspense Magazine on Steamed Open

Kirkus Reviews

2024-02-03
Murder mars the opening of a summer wedding venue in Maine.

From Father’s Day through Columbus Day, the Snowden Family Clambake entertains visitors to rustic Morrow Island. This year, the Snowdens have added a new feature: Their historic family home, Windsholme, is now hosting catered events. Ceramic artist Zoey Butterfield takes advantage of her long-standing friendship with Julia Snowden to book the newly renovated mansion’s very first wedding, and Julia couldn’t be happier, or more nervous. Not only is she serving as host and event planner, but she’s Zoey’s maid of honor, and is therefore determined to make sure that her parentless, siblingless best friend has the traditional wedding she’s always dreamed of. The odds aren’t in Julia’s favor, though, since the storm forecast for the night of the rehearsal leaves only a narrow window to ferry 100 guests to the island for dinner, return them to the mainland for the night, and then get them back for the ceremony the next day. But the death of a guest at the rehearsal dinner makes the schedule even trickier. A handful of other guests, including Julia’s boyfriend, Tom Flynn of the Maine State Police, unexpectedly need to stay on Morrow Island, and the storm knocks out all the power, including cell service, so no one can contact the medical examiner. Worst of all, no one can identify the deceased guest: The groom’s family thought he belonged to the bride, and the bride’s family assumed he belonged to the groom. It’s hard to solve a murder when no one knows who the victim is or what he died from, but redoubtable Julia rises to the challenge.

A swarm of cliches threatens to overwhelm the latest in this long-lived cozy franchise.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160151595
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	04/23/2024
Series:	Maine Clambake Mystery , #12
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	947,724

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