Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780743270441
ISBN number: 0743270444
Label: Scribner
Manufacturer: Scribner
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: June 02, 2006
Publishing house: Scribner
Sale Popularity Level: 301340
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If one overlooks the minor annoyances and irksome mannerisms in the Martha's Vineyard series, it has been a nice run, and this is one of the better offerings. It is the editorial intrusions that I fine annoying: Craig's (J.W.'s) love of the gun, the cozy cat mystery recipes, the cute things kids say, Zee's sexiness, etc.
That said, this book does evoke the summer sun and blue sea on an island of paradise--with a murder or two thrown in for contrast. The plot is better than average for the series, with the body of a golf course hater turning up buried in the sand trap on hole four at the country club. The characters are well-drawn, certainly above average for the series. Still, it is the atmosphere I found most interesting.
With Philip Craig gone from the world, there will be no more pleasant excursions to Martha's Vineyard. I've never physically been there, but through Mr. Craig's books I have spent pleasant hours on the beaches and on the streets of Edgartown.
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This is the most humorous of the Philip Craig books I have read so far. The book starts with a casual reference to a beach drowning in early summer on Martha's Vineyard, and then hits the golf course. Our hero, J.W. Jackson is coaxed into rejoining a game he hadn't played in about 30 years, and by the time he reached the fourth hole - ut oh - a surprise! Shifty looking golf partners add to the intrigue. A gun appears in a most unexpected place! So what is going on? As J.W. becomes implicated in a murder, he fights to clear his name, by poking around all over the Vineyard and asking questions trying to make sense of strange circumstances. All kinds of blue herrings abound in this well thought out plot. Bravo Mr. Craig, well done!
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again phillip has done a wonderful job in keeping enough suspense and yet revelaling the charm of this island.
somehow i suspect that mr jackson is phil himself
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This latest installment is as good as the others.
I anxiously await the subsequent one.
I also await the subsequent Brady Coyne/J.W. Jackson installment.
It's been awhile.
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Phillip Craig has done it again and delivered a fine book. A must read for the beach or Vineyard visitors.
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