Published: Jan. 19, 2012
Words: 84,246 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466140615

Short description

“In the venerable Winston Crisp, Crossman has created an engaging, plausible sleuth who relies on brain rather than brawn.” New York Times best-selling author Tess Gerritsen / “David Crossman is a wizard!” Kennebec Sunday Journal / “…sheer wind-chased delight.” Courier Publications / “...fast-paced and full of enough twists and turns to engage the most avid reader." - Maine Sunday Telegram

Extended description

RETIRED INTELLIGENCE agent Winston Crisp thought his career of delving into dark, unpleasant secrets was long over. He’d forsaken adventure and settled comfortably into the tiny community on Penobscot Island off the coast of Maine. There, he’s content to write poems no magazine will publish, gossip with the locals around the pot-bellied stove at the hardware store, and gain weight on his landlady’s homestyle cooking. But when the body of a young woman is found, he just can’t refrain from asking a few questions; how did she end up frozen in the ice of an abandoned quarry? Whose fingerprints are those on her slender neck? What was her relationship with the son of Senator McKinnison? And why is her beautiful face caked with forty-year-old theatrical make-up?

Before long, octogenarian Crisp finds himself caught up in a tangled murder investigation, haunted by a red-headed ghost, and the target of a killer with a strangely twisted mind. His own grip on reality is slipping, and he.. (Read more) RETIRED INTELLIGENCE agent Winston Crisp thought his career of delving into dark, unpleasant secrets was long over. He’d forsaken adventure and settled comfortably into the tiny community on Penobscot Island off the coast of Maine. There, he’s content to write poems no magazine will publish, gossip with the locals around the pot-bellied stove at the hardware store, and gain weight on his landlady’s homestyle cooking. But when the body of a young woman is found, he just can’t refrain from asking a few questions; how did she end up frozen in the ice of an abandoned quarry? Whose fingerprints are those on her slender neck? What was her relationship with the son of Senator McKinnison? And why is her beautiful face caked with forty-year-old theatrical make-up?

Before long, octogenarian Crisp finds himself caught up in a tangled murder investigation, haunted by a red-headed ghost, and the target of a killer with a strangely twisted mind. His own grip on reality is slipping, and he’s losing his will to keep digging. But he’s determined not to go to his grave with these questions unanswered…
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mystery, murder mystery, mystery suspense, mystery detective, island mystery, mystery and ghost stories, maine mystery, mystery cozy

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Review by: Anca S on Aug. 22, 2012 :
I love Winston Crisp! The book was a great read! Read this and the third (unable to find the second book on here) I hope there will be more!
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Anca S on Aug. 22, 2012 :
I love Winston Crisp! The book was a great read! Read this and the third (unable to find the second book on here) I hope there will be more!
(reviewed long after purchase)

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