Under Water

Peter Bartholomew Mysteries #2

by Sally Cabot Gunning, Jane Chelius (Editor)

When Peter Bartholomew finds a teenager's body drifting in the Sound, the only clues are a class ring and the murdered girl's pregnancy. Peter and his ex-wife Connie determine to search for the truth, and their most memorable encounter traps them in the rising waters of a tidal cave, where a killer feels free to let nature take its deadly course.

Genres: Mystery

224 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1992

About the author

A lifelong resident of New England, Sally Cabot Gunning has immersed herself in its history from a young age. She is the author of six critically acclaimed historically themed novels: The Widow’s War, Bound, The Rebellion of Jane Clarke, Benjamin Franklin’s Bastard, Monticello: A Daughter and Her Father, and her latest novel, released June 2021, Painting the Light. Elected fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society and president of The Brewster Historical Society, she has created numerous historical tours of her village.

Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, and an assortment of short story anthologies.

She lives with her husband Tom in Brewster, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Priscilla Herrington · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sally Gunning’s Peter Bartholomew mystery series includes ten books, While each is a stand-alone story, I really enjoyed reading all ten in order. The main characters appear and re-appear, and relationships are formed. The “mystery” that riders atop all the separate cases is, will Peter and his ex-wife, Connie, get back together again? Should they? There are other questions that carry through more than one book, like Peter’s sister and her taste in men, and then there are various matters of small town life on Nashtoba Island, off Cape Hook – a locale that has a certain similarity to Cape Cod.

A murdered pregnant teenager, Peter and Connie keep crossing paths - and are trappedin a tidal cave....

[Deb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Which twin has the toni? Clever plot.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

More of the Peter Bartholomew series and I am glad that there is still more, Interesting premise in this one. Very enjoyable read.

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting but kind of uneven paced mystery