INDEPENDENCE SLAY written by Shelley Freydont makes a great
summer read to take to the beach, and not just for a holiday
weekend. Freydont
has humor mixed in with a full story line that will have you
guessing with each
page.
Liv Montgomery has been in Celebration Bay for a
while now. Originally
from New York, she has never had as much excitement as she
has had since she
came here. Her newfound friends in this small town know that
she can solve any
mystery even though she does not have that faith in herself.
This is why when
one of their own is murdered and another one is missing,
many people turn to
her in hopes that she can crack the case.
It is Fourth of July weekend and the town has their annual
celebration along
with the town's famous reenactment of the Battle of the Bay.
During the
celebration things turn bad. A dead body is found where
Henry Gallantine is
usually giving the signal to start the festivities. Then
Henry ends up missing. One
of the town's teenagers, Leo is found at the scene. No one
believes that Leo had
anything to do with it except for those in the town that do
not understand that
he is different. With the help of Chaz, who use to be a
reporter but now runs the
local newspaper, Liv starts asking questions and maybe
getting herself a little too
close to danger.
I love INDEPENDENCE SLAY and even found myself loving the
characters. Including Chaz
who comes across as the arrogant type at times, but totally
wins you over at the
end. INDEPENDENCE SLAY by Shelley Freydont is my first
Celebration Bay
Mystery and it has me wanting to go back and read the
rest! With lively
characters and the feel for a small town I found myself
totally absorbed in her
mystery novel.
On the Fourth of July, Old Glory is flying high in
Celebration Bay—until someone raises a red flag…
With Independence Day fast approaching, Liv Montgomery is
swamped coordinating one of the town’s biggest festivals.
In
addition to the traditional July fourth events, the town
stages a spooky Revolutionary War reenactment that can’t
be
missed. Every year, the ghost of local war hero Henry
Gallantine—played by his eccentric descendant of the same
name—appears at the top of the family mansion, kicking
off
the night’s revelries.
But Henry’s annual cameo goes awry after the ghost
signals
SOS instead of his traditional cue. When Liv rushes to
the
rescue, she finds Henry missing and a real dead body
instead
of a fake haunt. Now she will have to hunt down both a
murderer and a missing person quickly before unwanted
political fireworks ignite and someone else winds up as
local history…
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