Review: Well plotted Mystery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2014
Leslie Green marries an 85 year old brain dead man with deadly secrets in his past. Her Abishag duties only include keeping her husband from tension and worry until the end comes, but she can't help but get involved in the investigation of his murdered hospice aide, a woman related to him but whom the rest of the family hates. This blackmailing individual probably deserved her death, but Leslie can't let the violent death go unsolved and looks into the mysterious circumstances surrounding her husband.Michelle Lowden crafts an eerie, mysterious tale around the wreckage of a ship in a nearby cove, an estate that would make anyone envious of the owner, and a family with secrets that might have led to mayhem. The fast paced action has the reader turning the page, until they realize they must wait for the second book to come out for their next fix of Leslie and her mystery solving friends.The characters range from kooky, to sublime, to outright vindictive in this story while the settings put the reader in mind of the era F. Scott Fitzgerald memorialized. Sinking Ships receives a high recommendation for its action, its characters, and its well-woven mystery.