A Shroud of Tattered Sails: An Oregon Coast Mystery

Scott William Carter

Garrison Gage Series Book 4 · Flying Raven Press

About this ebook

 A beached sailboat. A missing man. A distraught woman staggering ashore. There to greet her—Garrison Gage, full-time curmudgeon and part-time private investigator, who quickly finds himself thrust into his familiar role of crusader for the desperate and downtrodden. The woman claims to have no memory, but is she lying? 

When a body later washes ashore, the mystery deepens and the stakes ratchet up another notch. Dark money and even darker intentions. Violence both threatened and real. The woman may be at the heart of it all, or merely an innocent interloper who chose the wrong boat at the wrong time. Only Gage can discover the truth.

The Garrison Gage Mysteries (in chronological order):

A Plunder By Pilgrims (short story prequel)
The Gray and Guilty Sea
A Desperate Place for Dying
The Lovely Wicked Rain
A Shroud of Tattered Sails

Keywords: Keywords: Mystery, Garrison Gage, Private Investigator, Oregon, Oregon coast, Hard boiled, Travis McGee, Spenser, crime fiction, mystery series

Ratings and reviews

I loved this! First story by the author I have read. Sooooo glad I did. Will definitely be adding more of his novels to my infinite collection. Especially really enjoyed the characters. So alive! Also, scenery, buildings, clothing, food, etc etc etc. All of it remarkably right now close.

Garrison had to save women it seem to not to fill guilt because he couldn't save his wife, Janet.

A Shroud of Tattered Sails

About the author

 SCOTT WILLIAM CARTER's first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, was hailed by Publishers Weekly as a "touching and impressive debut" and won an Oregon Book Award. Since then, he has published many novels and short stories, his work spanning a wide variety of genres and styles. His most recent book for younger readers, Wooden Bones, chronicles the untold story of Pinocchio and was singled out for praise by the Junior Library Guild. He lives in Oregon with his wife and children. Visit him online at ScottWilliamCarter.com.

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