num_pages: 294
description: Love is in the Salt Sea Air--and So is Murder!Ellery Page aspiring screenwriter reigning Scrabble champion and occasionally clueless owner of the village's only mystery bookstore the Crows Nest is both flattered and bemused when hes invited to the annual Marauders Masquerade the best and biggest social event of the season in the quaint seaside village of Pirates Cove Rhode Island. The event is hosted by the wealthy Marguerite Bloodworth-Ainsleya descendant of the famed pirate Tom Blood.Ellery doesnt even know Mrs. Bloodworth-Ainsleynor it turns outdoes Mrs. Bloodworth-Ainsley know him. But Marguerites son Julian wants to know Ellery. Julian handsome rich and engaging is a huge mystery buff. In fact hes bought quite a few books at the Crows Nest bookstore but never quite worked up the nerve to ask Ellery out. As his relationship with Police Chief Carson seems to be dead in the water Ellery is grateful for a little flattering attention from the villages most eligible bachelor but any hopes of romance hit the shoals when Julian is accused of murdering his mothers unlikable second husband during the Masquerade's annual ghost hunt in the familys spooky cemetery
language: English
title: Mystery at the Masquerade
publisher: JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.