It is fall on the Outer Banks
of North Carolina and the tourists with their frenetic energy and electronic
devices have all gone back to wherever it is they came from. The peace and quiet
has been restored and Webb Sawyer is very glad. Webb Sawyer isn't a slave to
technology and is a man of simple
pleasures and tastes. The plan he had for
this particular Sunday seems to have blown up thanks to various women and their
agendas.
One of the three women who
changed Webb’s plans for the day is Sunshine Bledsoe. She has a major problem---
her mother is missing. Webb knows Sunshine a bit as she used to date Webb's son
Preston. They no longer date with Preston being in New Zealand and all, but
Webb still cares about her. Sunshine is very upset as there has been no sign
from her Mom in two weeks and Sunshine is sure that her Mom is in danger. Mom’s
name is Isabeau Bledsoe and she has a very checkered past. Supposedly, according
to her boss and landlord, Isabeau is on a two week vacation to parts unknown. It
seems she just up and left without talking to anyone and just left a note
behind. Sunshine is terrified something bad has happened and wants Webb’s help.
With some urging by Nan, Webb eventually agrees to go with Sunshine and check
out her mother's apartment and the diner she worked at over in Hertford. Doing
both leaves them with far more questions than answers.
Third in the Webb Sawyer mysteries, Swan's Landing is solidly good. Blending in small amounts of romance, a twisting multiple mystery plot line, and plenty of suspense, this latest in the series is another good one. While Webb may have the devil of a time figuring out the minds of the women in his life, he has a nose for trouble and he knows when he is being lied to. His problem, among several, is that nearly everyone in this far reaching tale is lying for various reasons. Well worth your time, “Swan's Landing: A Webb Sawyer Mystery” can be read as a stand-alone if you have not read the earlier books in the series.
Swan’s
Landing: A Web Sawyer Mystery
Douglas
Quinn
AAS
White Heron Press/CreateSpace
June
2012
ISBN
# 978-1475285352
Paperback
444
Pages (includes prologue preview of Egret’s Cove)
$17.95
Material
supplied by Publicist Donna Higgins Colson last November in exchange for my
objective review.
Kevin
R. Tipple ©2013
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