Clammed Up (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Jul 08, 2015 Moondance rated it liked it

Shelves: family, small-town, cozy, mystery, small-business, woman-sleuth, betrayal, weddings, twists-and-turns, cmt-bingo

She hadn't seemed like a Bridezilla

Julia has come home to Busman's Harbor, Maine to help save her family's business. Snowden Family Clambake Company ferries people to a private island owned by the family for authentic clambakes. The first group of the season to the island is a wedding party that is missing its best man. Julia and the bride unfortunately find the missing man hanging from the staircase of the old house on the island. The investigation shuts down the family business and puts them a ...more

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Jan 01, 2014 Nell rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, gr-read, z2014

This first in a series was EXCELLENT!! I had my doubts about a cozy that is over 300 pages long, figuring the author needed a better editor. Delighted to be wrong. The story is engaging; there is a new revelation in nearly every chapter. The MC is strong and vulnerable in a believable way. Returning home to save the family business and property from financial ruin, she ends up in the middle of a murder. Like her relationships with family members and the community. There were a number of suspects ...more

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Jul 19, 2014 Kimberly rated it really liked it

Shelves: cozy-mystery

Wow, now that is how you start a brand new cozy series!! Julia Snowden left her New York lifestyle to return home to Busman's Harbor, Maine. Her family owns Morrow Island that is home to the family mansion, which has seen better days itself. Morrow Island is the families livelyhood. They charter guests out daily to enjoy authentic clambakes right on the shore. The business has been struggling for years and has built up quite an overwhelming debt. Julia manages to work out a plan with the local b ...more

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Dec 08, 2013 Diane ~Firefly~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, kindle, food

This was a really good first book and I would rate it 3.5 (now I have to choose between a 3 and a 4). I had heard good things about it and wasn't disappointed. I was pretty sure whodunit about halfway through and turned out to be correct, but there was plenty to keep my interest. I really liked the family vibe of the clambake and most of the townies.

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Feb 18, 2016 Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cozy-food

The first in a new series and it was a roller coaster ride! We have Julia Snowden, a local who has been living and working in New York for the last few years coming back to help save the company business, the problems start a couple of days before the official opening of the clambake season, the Snowden family are running a clambake as the catering for a wedding but when they arrive the first thing they discover is the corpse of the best man, add in arson, the bank threatening to foreclose and o ...more

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May 26, 2021 Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Did not see that coming

I was shocked by how much loved this book. I didn't see the twist coming nor who the killer was which I loved. I will be reading the next book ASAP. ...more

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