Coral Reef Views: An Ashley Grant Mystery

Vicki Delany

Jan 2020 · Ashley Grant Mystery Book 3 · Orca Book Publishers

About this ebook

When paramedic Ashley Grant’s parents visit her in the Victoria and Albert Islands, her father, Frank, soon becomes bored with the beach vacation. When a plumbing emergency has him feeling useful again, he makes friends with Ashley’s neighbor Paul McIntosh. Then Paul disappears. Ashley isn’t worried; after all, he’s a single man on vacation. But Frank is determined to find out what happened to his friend, and he soon stumbles on the dark secrets of this Caribbean paradise.

Ratings and reviews

Paramedic Ashley Grant is entertaining her parents as they vacation with her. Mom is having the greatest time ... sitting on the beach reading. Dad has just retired as a plumber and sitting around is not his idea of a good time. Dad meets one of the neighbors and they immediately hit it off. They plan to meet up the following day .... but Paul never shows. Knowing that Paul recently lost his wife to cancer, Dad becomes concerned when Paul can't be reached. A day or so later, Ashley and her colleague are called to the scene of what they're calling an accident. A man's body is found in the water, after falling a number of feet. Ashley identifies him as Paul, the missing neighbor. Dad is determined to find out what happened to his friend, and along with his daughter, he soon stumbles on the dark secrets of this Caribbean paradise. This was a very easy fast read with engaging characters. This will be appealing to anyone who likes cozy mysteries with a touch of romance. The plot is a bit suspenseful and the setting is wonderful. Many thanks to the author / Orca Book Publishers / Netgalley / for the digital copy of this engaging cozy. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

About the author

Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the United States. She has written more than 30 books: from clever cozies to Gothic thrillers, gritty police procedurals to historical fiction and seven novellas in the Rapid Reads line. She writes the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, the Year Round Christmas mysteries and under the pen name of Eva Gates, the Lighthouse Library series. Vicki is the past president of Crime Writers of Canada. Her work has been nominated for the Derringer, Bony Blithe, Golden Oak, and Arthur Ellis Awards. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.