The question is not only whodunnit but why they did it. Bounetheau’s death, one thing that Private Investigator Liz Talbot is certain of is that he didn’t die of drowning, despite his corpse’s location. Whatever the circumstances surrounding C.C. And one of them has just turned up dead on the Stella Maris shoreline, the morning after the island’s annual Christmas boat parade. There are always some people who think they have that power – and certainly act like they do. (Please consider all of the above as a tease, because if I explain ANY of it I’ll give away the entire thing.) Not that anyone in Stella Maris actually has absolute power, not even Colleen the ghost with her mission from, let’s call it, “on high” to preserve the character, ecology and population balance of beautiful Stella Maris island. Tis the season for merry mayhem!Īs the saying goes, “the love of money is the root of all evil.” But there’s a kind of codicil to that saying that goes, “Every woman needs roots.” And in several peculiar, holly covered and sometimes holly strangled ways, that combination of contradictions is the essence of this story.Īlong with that always-applicable thing about power corrupting and absolute power corrupting absolutely. Boyer’s latest Southern charmer, Lowcountry Boughs of Holly. Spend Christmas in the Lowcountry with the Talbot family and their friends in Susan M. With no shortage of suspects, Liz and Nate dash to find a killer who may be working his or her way down a naughty list. Bounetheau’s body is found in Stella Maris, and Liz and Nate are the police chief’s on-call detectives, they’re on the case. Liz and Nate already unwrapped quite a few family secrets while searching for the Bounetheau’s missing granddaughter last year-enough to make them swear to steer forever clear of the entire clan.
Bounetheau, patriarch of one of Charleston’s wealthiest families. Did Old Saint Nick have too much eggnog at the boat parade? No indeedy-Santa’s been shot.
On a morning beach run, Liz spots a wooden rowboat run aground with Santa inside.
Liz’s nerves are shot, and she hasn’t even decked a single hall. Meanwhile Nate, Liz’s husband and partner, is spending money like he prints it in the attic on a mysterious family Christmas celebration. She hasn’t seen her best friend, Colleen, in weeks and fears she may never see her again in this life. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but Private Investigator Liz Talbot is struggling to feel festive. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Published by Henery Press on November 17, 2020 Source: supplied by publisher via Edelweissįormats available: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook Lowcountry Boughs of Holly (A Liz Talbot Mystery, #10) by Susan M.
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