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 Bayβuntil someone raises a red flagβ¦
With Independence Day fast approaching, Liv Montgomery is
swamped coordinating one of the townβs biggest festivals.
In
addition to the traditional July fourth events, the town
stages a spooky Revolutionary War reenactment that canβt
be
missed. Every year, the ghost of local war hero Henry
Gallantineβplayed by his eccentric descendant of the same
nameβappears at the top of the family mansion, kicking
off
the nightβs revelries.
But Henryβs 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 historyβ¦
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