Death and honesty
By: Cynthia Riggs
Series: [Martha's Vineyard mysteries -- 7th]; Worldwide mystery; Worldwide mystery
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780373267262
Subjects: Older women; Real estate appraisers; Investigation; Victoria Trumbull (Fictitious character); Murder; Fiction
Description: "April arrives in Martha's Vineyard, bringing two of life's inescapable certainties--death and taxes. When the body of a local resident is found inside the home of one of the town's three tax assessors--along with some incriminating evidence of an embezzlement scheme--ninety-two-year-old sleuth Victoria Trumbull is on the case. Also falling under Victoria's eagle eye is the arrival of the glamorous, estranged wife of a popular televangelist. She's eager to buy some island property. But someone knows something about the woman's sordid past and isn't above blackmail to keep silent. It's just the beginning of a trail of bodies, illicit doings and secrets that collide in the brisk ocean air on Victoria's doorstep. And when her search for a missing tax assessor leads to a dangerous truth, it takes the insight and experience of a thirteenth-generation islander to fit the puzzle pieces together--and outwit a ruthless foe"--Publisher description.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.