Murder at the Rusty Anchor

by Maddie Day, Rachel Dulude (Read by)

Overview

Set in a picturesque Cape Cod town, the latest in this cozy mystery series by the Agatha Award–winning author will delight fans of Lorna Barrett's Booktown series and Kate Carlisle's Bibliophile mysteries, as bike-shop owner Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida and her fellow book club sleuths solve a bookstore murder.

A rainy July weekend in Westham means the beaches are empty and business is dead at Mac's Bikes but couldn't be livelier inside the Rusty Anchor Pub. But come Monday morning one patron is not so lively when the chef opens up and finds a body behind the bar. It's last call for Bruce Byrne, an elderly high school teacher who's been around so long it seems like he taught everybody.

When Mac's friend Flo, the librarian, makes the list of suspects, Mac gathers the Cozy Capers Book Group to clear her name. With no end in sight to the rain, the group has plenty of time to study the clues and sort through a roll call of suspects to determine who decided to teach Mr. Bryne a lesson. But with a killer desperate to cover their tracks, Mac and the group will be tested as never before . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798874679897
Publisher:	Tantor
Publication date:	06/25/2024
Series:	The Cozy Capers Mystery Series , #6
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Maddie Day is the Agatha Award-winning author of the Cozy Capers Book Club Mysteries, the Country Store Mysteries, the CeCe Barton Mysteries, and the Local Foods Mysteries, as well as other series and short crime fiction written under the name Edith Maxwell. A member of Mystery Writers of America and a proud lifetime member of Sisters in Crime, she is a regular contributor at Mystery Lovers' Kitchen and belongs to the Wicked Authors, a group of bestselling authors who blog at wickedauthors.com. Day lives with her beau and their cat Martin north of Boston, although she knows Indiana, California, and Cape Cod intimately. She is a wine enthusiast, talented amateur chef, and former farmer.

Rachel Dulude is an actor and book narrator based in Providence, Rhode Island. She has been recording audiobooks since 2012 in genres ranging from young adult to adult thrillers. As an actor, she has performed with the Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence and the Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Rachel has also worked as a costume technician at the Trinity Repertory Company since 2006.

Editorial Reviews

2024-05-04
A bike shop owner kicks into high gear when an unpopular high school teacher is found dead in a local pub.

Even before the murder, Mackenzie Almeida has her hands full. It’s the middle of tourist season on Cape Cod, and cyclists are flocking to rent bikes and gear at her shop. Her parents are throwing an impromptu anniversary bash, giving her less than a week to help coordinate food and spread the word to their guests. And she and her husband, Tim Brunelle, are working hard to present them with a second grandchild to accompany Mac’s niece, Cokey. When Yvonne Flora, the cook at the Rusty Anchor, discovers Bruce Byrne dead behind the bar, no one mourns his loss. “Bruce was a jerk, a bully, and a tyrant,” local librarian Florence Wolanski reflects in valediction. As the investigation heats up, Mac enlists her buddies at the Cozy Capers book group to help the police. Adopting modern business practices, the sleuths divvy up their efforts into “action items,” with each member responsible for vetting one suspect. Still, the lion’s share of the quest falls on Mac, and she doesn’t disappoint. Her pointed queries have exactly the result you’d expect: She rattles enough cages to get herself into personal peril before unmasking the culprit.

Day’s feisty heroine elevates an otherwise routine shopkeeper cozy.

Kirkus Reviews