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The first of a series of mystery thrillers, featuring Police Sergeant Merryll Manning of the Paradise Police Department. (Paradise is the author's ... read full description

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Aug 26, 2010
Nathan rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Police sergeant Merryll Manning is on vacation on an island in the Florida Keys for a Murder Mystery weekend. The plan is to solve the mystery and win a cash prize of $5,000.00. Easier said than done. Merry has his teenage-looking girlfriend Susan Ford along for the trip. Susan isn't above using her sexuality to keep Merryll flustered and under her thumb.

Merryll Manning: Trapped On Mystery Island by John Howard Reid was published more than twenty years ago in Australia. The first ins More...
Aug 07, 2010
Bobbie rated it: 5 of 5 stars
If your “whodunit” Mystery Island vacation turned deadly, who would you turn too? Who would you trust? Sergent Merryll Manning was looking forward to a short, weekend vacation with his nubile and manipulative girlfriend, Susan. Using his finely-honed investigative skills, Merryll plans to quickly identify the "Mystery Island Killer" and win a sizable-sum of prize money; as luck would have it, nothing goes according to plan.

Merryll Manning: Trapped on Mystery Island is a sus More...
May 28, 2010
B.K. rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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Trapped on Mystery Island by John Reid is a fantastic read! Reid wastes no time getting into the action.

Meryll Manning is a police officer, and having a weakness for his girlfriend Susan, they participate in a murder mystery weekend adventure.

Each of the 13 guests plays a role in this game of Clue. By process of elimination, each guest must figure out who the murderer is, taking the grand prize of $5000.

When there is a real murder, Merryl a More...
May 16, 2010
Cheryl rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Detective Merryll Manning and his girlfriend, Susan Ford are finally taking a honey moon together. They have arrived in sunny Cross Keys Island. Unfortunately, Merryll and Susan are not alone. They will be spending their honey moon with eleven other strangers for a Mystery Weekend. The grand prize is five thousand dollars.

Some of the other people joining Susan and Merryll include Brinton Blythe, who is an actor to members of the Paradise AVEPA Club. AVEPA stands for American Veteran More...
Apr 30, 2010
Tami rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Merryll Manning would rather be anywhere but Cross Keys Island. The only reason that this police sergeant is here is his girlfriend Susan. For some reason, Susan has in her head that she’s going to win the five thousand dollar prize during this Mystery Weekend.

Merryll really isn’t up for a murder mystery drama. After all, he has plenty of real police work at home. Still, Susan has a way.

The weekend starts off pretty well. Merryll correctly identifies the first “victim”. More...
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John rated it: 5 of 5 stars