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Amy Patricia Meade graduated cum laude from New York Institute of Technology with degrees in both English and Business. Amy lives in Vermont with her husband and their two cats. She enjoys classic films, travel, cooking, and entertaining friends and family. Amy is a member of Sisters in Crime.

It’s 1935—mystery writer Marjorie McClelland and her new husband, millionaire Creighton Ashcroft, have sailed to a secluded island near Bermuda for a romantic getaway. Instead they find the Ashcroft vacation home filled—to Creighton’s horror—with his family. The honeymoon is most definitely over when one of the group is found murdered. Can Marjorie untangle the multiple motives and family turmoil to find the killer among them?

Publishers Weekly

Set in 1935, Meade's well-crafted fourth Marjorie McClelland cozy (after 2008's Shadow Waltz) takes mystery author Marjorie and her new husband, British millionaire Creighton Ashcroft, to the Ashcroft family's private island off Bermuda. The newlyweds expect to have the island's mansion to themselves and two faithful servants, but instead they're met by a bevy of Ashcrofts, including Creighton's father's secretary-turned-wife. Soon after shocking announcements at a most unpleasant family dinner, someone deals Creighton's disagreeable father, who cheated on Creighton's late mother, a fatal blow to the head. Marjorie provides invaluable assistance to the local police investigating her father-in-law's murder, even as her beloved Creighton becomes the prime suspect. With great aplomb, Marjorie ferrets out the truth in a traditional whodunit that boasts nary a dull moment. (June)