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It Was Murder

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 4, 2009

If you met a Sun City Center resident returning from a hot afternoon on the golf course and asked how the day had been you might receive the facetious reply, "it was murder." But Sun City Center author Camille Mariani writes about a real murder on a golf course in her new mystery "Links to Death," subtitled "Murder in Maine." Young Beth Armstrong wanted a life change and jumped at the opportunity to work at a newspaper in Fairchance, Maine.

But the town is panicked by murders which seem to have no connection. Beth is shaken by the sight of the first victim, a young woman in her early 20s, who was found on the golf course with her throat slit. The next victim is an elderly widow whose only heir, a nephew who lived with her, is regarded as a suspect. Soon anyone who had connections with the victims finds themselves being investigated.

Beth tries to get some information but soon her attention is diverted by finding she is in the middle of two possible love affairs, and while trying to decide what to do, she discovers you really can't judge a book by its cover.

Max and Annie Darling are finally finishing remodeling the old Franklin house. All had been peaceful and calm since their last dangerous encounter with the law, but in "Death Walked In" by Carolyn Hart, they discover that they don't have to seek adventure.

Max runs a business called "Confidential Commissions," which he says is not a detective agency but is devoted to helping people solve problems. Annie still runs her mystery bookstore "Death on Demand," and doesn't want to get involved in any more problems. But one day a woman calls Max's office and Max doesn't take the call. When the caller is found dead Max is very upset and feels guilty.

So he and Annie decide they must investigate. The problems seems to revolve around the theft of some very rare gold coins that were stolen from a neighboring house, and the assertion of an anonymous caller that claims to have been with the murdered woman. She claimed the coins were stolen by a member of the owners' family and that she hidden them in the Franklin house. Even though everyone in the house was interrogated, it doesn't take long before the Darlings find that they are now the new target for the murderer who is determined to find the coins regardless of what he has to do.

Marie Wood is a book reviewer for The Sun. She may be reached at WoMarie@aol.com.

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