Bimini Twist:  A Jane Bunker Mystery

by Linda Greenlaw

Jane has been a wonderkin at bringing down the drug traffic in Green Haven, Maine.  However, the temperature is warming up and tourist season is getting underway. The local businesses and city’s politicos aren’t too keen to have the summer visitors scared off by the drug related press, so the sheriff has asked her to cool it on the busts and points her to the cold case files.  Eager to escape she takes on a case of a missing girl who has been working at a local resort on a student visa, unaware it has a tie-in to a cold case from the previous year. 

For me, Greenlaw’s books get better with every addition.  Running her own lobster boat pays off big time as she describes the action in and around Green Haven.  Though mystery fans will likely figure out what is going on, the story is still intriguing and well written.  Her descriptions of small town life and how the boating community works is engaging.  As Jane heads out on one exploration, Greenlaw’s realistic description of what it’s like to work a boat in the fog with a good-looking guy and the actual way your appearance ends up is both tragic and hysterical.  (Though I’m sure Jane would disagree.)  This is an entertaining and satisfying book for a good afternoon in the hammock.  Teens who are interested in possible summer work visas could pick up a few pointers from this one. 

I wish to thank Minotaur Books and Macmillan Group for providing an advanced review copy of this title for my honest review.

PUB:  Minotaur Books/Macmillan Publishing Group

PUB DATE: June 26, 2018

ISBN:  9781520107589

Genre:  Fiction/Mystery