Musseled Out

The busy summer tourist season is winding down in Busman's Harbor, Maine, but Julia Snowden senses trouble simmering for the Snowden Family Clambake Company. Shifty David Thwing--the "Mussel King" of upscale seafood restaurants--is sniffing around town for a new location. But serving iffy clams turns out to be the least of his troubles. . .

When Thwing is found sleeping with the fishes beneath a local lobsterman's boat, the police quickly finger Julia's brother-in-law Sonny as the one who cooked up the crime. Sure, everyone knows Sonny despised the Mussel King. . .but Julia believes he's innocent. Proving it won't be easy, though. It seems there's a lot more than murder on the menu, and Julia needs to act fast. . .

Includes Traditional Maine Clambake Recipes!

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...a craftily plotted, brilliantly paced tale...I devoured Musseled Out in a single greedy sitting. Crimespree Magazine, April 2015

Boasting an eclectic cast of characters, good conversation and asmall town feel, this is my favorite book in the series. Dru's BookMusings, April 2015

Each book is getting better -- and the firstone was pretty darned good, so by now, the Maine Clambake series is oneof the best amateur sleuth...mystery series coming out of New England. Kingdom Books, April 2015

Barbara Ross is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries. The first book in the series, Clammed Upwas nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel, the RT Book Reviews, Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Amateur Sleuth and was a finalist for the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She is co-editor/co-publisher of Level Best Books, which produces anthologies of crime stories by New England authors. She writes at her home overlooking the harbor in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.