Perils of a Pregnant Sleuth

· Callahan Banks Mystery Book 2 · Bublish, Inc.
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"An indomitable protagonist, a quirky supporting case, and plenty of Southern charm make this mystery a treat." Kirkus

"McDevitt's standout follow up to Just Holler Bloody Murder expertly blends romance and mystery…" —BookLife, Editor's Pick

"…a great piece of ‘chick-lit’ as well as a mystery story." —Readers' Favorite

"[A] wonderfully layered story that brings together a fun cast of Southern characters... hard to put down." —San Francisco Book Review

“…lyrical and poetic…(A) wonderfully evocative novel…” —IndieReader

Ferociously independent biology professor, Callahan Banks, is thirty-two years old, six months pregnant, and happily single living in the wilds of her childhood home on Timicau Island, South Carolina. But there are complications. The baby’s father, a wealthy forty-two-year-old bachelor, Pepper Dade, owns the island and is determined to marry her and raise their child together

When nine-year-old triplets relocate to the island and stumble upon the body of a stranger wrapped in barbed wire and drowned in a tidal creek, the hodgepodge cast of island inhabitants are thrown into a tizzy. From FaLa Jo Digsby, the four-time divorcee who sold Avon from her motorcycle, to Teelia Moultrie, a newly divorced single mother competing for Pepper’s affections, to Chalmers Redpath, a reclusive obstetrician drawing suspicion for his curious architectural eccentricities—everyone on the island seems to have something to hide.

When two more bodies are found, tensions on the island reach a fever pitch. Callahan’s due date is nearing. Pepper is growing more frantic, and Teelia is waiting in the wings. Worse yet, the ever-observant Callahan is starting to suspect that the murderer may be one of the island’s own. Will she keep fighting for her freedom or marry a man she may be learning to love? And can she and her young sidekick, Harry Applegate, the bright outlier in the triplet gang, find the murderer in time?

Ratings and reviews

3.0
1 review
Lisa Bateman
April 30, 2023
I guess I'm in the minority with this review. I love the story, don't get me wrong. But not crazy about the characters. Especially Callahan. She's such a selfish idiot. Personality of a stick. Sorry to rant. But the last straw was when she was in labor and wouldn't follow doctor's orders, especially walking into the swampy woods. Not to mention someone could've killed her. And the whole sex thing when she's not supposed to, a great way to go into labor again. She is unfit to have a baby. I went into early labor at 7 months. And had to be on bed rest. It's not realistic that she would still act the way she did and do all she did. Not to mention her attitude about it all. I found myself getting more and more aggravated at the whole bunch. I know it's fiction but a lot of it seemed far fetched. I really liked how the story kept me guessing and the cover was the most amazing cover I've seen lately. I just wasn't a big fan of the character's.
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About the author

Dershie McDevitt, a Wilma Dykeman Writing-Excellence Award Winner at UNC-Asheville, lives outside Asheville, North Carolina with her rescue dog, Sassafras, her opinionated calico cat, Orphan Annie, and her first and second husbands. Dershie and Larry, who have had the good fortune to have married each other twice, own a whimsical vacation home off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina on a buried island teeming with wildlife—the perfect setting for the fictional biology professor Callahan Banks to use her knowledge of nature to solve challenging mysteries.

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