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Name: Boiled over
Author: Barbara Ross

Julia Snowden’s life is steeped in the rhythms of her family’s clambake company, but this year’s Founders Day celebration in Busman's Harbor, Maine, takes a dark turn. A mysterious foot protrudes from the village oven, and the town falls on her as the suspect in the RV park owner’s murder. With the townsfolk eager to pin the crime on new employee Cabe Stone, Julia faces the peril of a second fatality tied to her family’s legacy. Combining her passion for New England seafood and her burgeoning sleuth instincts, she must unravel a web of deceit before the killer silences her forever.

First publish date: 2014

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery

Authors: Barbara Ross

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